Raw Deal Or What ?

My brother had 2 children outside of his relationship. This would have been a bad thing if his wife wasn't so understanding. He would do everything he could to appease his children's mothers. He would pick the two boys up whenever their mothers' wanted him to. He would keep the children for weeks at a time in order for the mothers could on vacations. He would do whatever was needed to spend time with his children. My brother found himself in a mishap which resulted in him being incarcerated. He was sentenced to 3 years in jail. The mothers of the children were angry because he was locked up that they would not allow my family to see the children. One mother took her child to another state and we haven't seen him since. That was 10 years ago and my brother has lost contact with the child. The other mother refuses to allow my brother to see her child without going to court. He filed for visitation in March and have not seen the child for 6 months. My brother is presently unemployed due to having to take off to go to court with his child's mother. The mother says if he is not paying child support she will not allow him to see his child even though they went to court and he has visitation rights.