Father loses one more round in 16 year long court battle

The Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal by a father who has fought a 16-year-long battle to be allowed to see his son. The court upheld an earlier ruling by the Prague Court according to which Vaclav Kriz was only allowed to write to his son. The boy has been caught in a tug of war between his parents for 16 years and Kriz says he does not believe that he will be able to have regular contact with his child before his eighteenth birthday, when he will officially come of age. The judge said that the ruling of the Prague Court was fully justified in view of the testimonies presented, including a detailed report by a psychologist.