Trump ' s running mate was ALWAYS going to be a rust belt governor . Had to be . It had to be a Republican governor from Wisconsin , Michigan , Pennsylvania , Ohio , or Indiana , preferably with experience in congress . Couldn ' t be Iowa because Branstad is too old . Kasich would have been good , but Kasich wouldn ' t play ball . So Pence got it . Its all demographics . Trump knew exactly what states he had to win , and what he had to do to win them . That meant taking a rust belt running mate with the evangelical cred that he himself could never convincingly pull off with his background . <| sep |> The reason is that you could be lying or coercing the child , not saying that ' s what you ' re doing , but it ' s very normal in the family courts for people to claim abuse to sever the rights of the other parent . My recommendation is to go to therapy with your ex and then assign another therapist in the same office to your child . This way the therapists can speak to each other and put the truth together themselves , then you have them testify in court .