Parents struggling to live with their children prepare to protest at family courts.

To demand family time with their children and for authorities to take a firm stand against those who violate visitation agreements, as well as timely and well-judged trials, the group "Together for Our Children," made up of affected parents, is preparing a mobilization at the family courts in Torreón to be heard by the authorities.

The sit-in will take place this Tuesday, September 9, at the Family Courts.

Armando Rodríguez, the group's founder, explained that the goal is to be able to see his children and grow up with both parents present.

And a series of obstacles, in most cases, have prevented them from being with their children, living together, and watching them grow.

"The purpose is to spend time with our children. The thing here is that the common denominator of all of us in the group is that we have had many difficulties in being able to see our children due to court issues that take a long time to reach agreements. In setting hearing dates, the staff seems to be not very well trained, the workload they have is excessive, they can't cope," said Armando.

For example, in his case, which has been going on for more than eight years, the mother of his son has been warned 40 times for not respecting the cohabitation agreements, without having received any sanction to date that would prevent her from continuing to violate them.

"For example, most men live with their children through agreements made in court through hearings. We reach an agreement and sign it, thus achieving days and times to see our children.

But unfortunately in most cases, mothers fail to comply, and In these breaches, according to the law, there must be some type of sanction, which are fines, you are warned, if you fail to comply, it is a double fine. There are also measures such as arrests from three to six, and they continue to increase, and if you continue to violate them, you could even lose custody of the minor.”

Despite this, she's sure the judges aren't doing anything about it, a point that will become another of her complaints.

Another of their demands will be the court's working hours.

"The courts are slow, the response is excessively slow. They just muddle through the issues. They don't issue sentences. I don't know if the judges are afraid of feminist groups because they are women. We don't understand why they don't act, why they don't take a firm stand."