Other than just not wanting to be in a kid's life (like not wanting the kid) why can't a dad be in the kids life.
Baby's Father?
Maybe because he's in jail? lol
He is constantly working to provide for the family.
Just doesn't even recognize the child is there half the time
Deportation, restraining order, things to do with divorces etc..
Thank you so much @Celestial-B and @Emmalee
You have help more than you know
Kidnapped maybe, if you wanna be extreme. Maybe job takes them away from it
Dead
PoW
Secret Agent (fake dead)
Stuck/Kidnapped (somewhere in Night Vale, cannot escape)
Jail
Exiled (in a country where exile is a thing)