A new report is lifting the lid on what happens inside the court room when families are separating.
Married dads usually only get a couple of hours access every second weekend - and one parent often tries to completely exclude the other one from their kids' lives.
The research is due to be presented to the Justice Minister Alan Shatter this week.
The Irish Independent's Legal Affairs editor Dearbhail McDonald says the child's voice is still going unheard:
