My husband has a daughter she will be 18 in a weeks time. I haven't seen her in over three years and my children ages 13.5 and 10.5 haven't seen her since Christmas 2013. My stepdaughter has very little respect her for father and only seems to get incontact with him when an event is coming up. Her birthday is in a weeks time so she is making contact with him and the same thing will occur at Christmas time, once she has got what she wants from him the contact will cease. It has been this way for the past 3 years but my husband thinks that this time will be different.