There is no argument a lawyer can make against a lock on the outside of a child’s door.

Blake pled guilty to felony child endangerment, to unlawful restraint of a minor, and to grand financial fraud.

And the family court judge, who had seen the evidence of a father manipulating his own small daughter into enduring a freezing night in the dark to cover an affair, was not gentle.

I was granted sole legal and physical custody of all three girls, with zero visitation rights for Blake — none, supervised or otherwise.

The judge stated, for the record, that any attempt by Blake to contact my daughters, directly or through any third party, would be treated as an immediate felony violation of the terms of his sentence.