My niece's dad is like that. When my sister got pregnant at 17, his parents told him that if he agreed to never see her or have anything to do with her, they would pay every cent of his college. So guess which side he chose....

Well he is married with kids of his own now. My sister has had to fight him tooth and nail for even a scraping of child support. She has sent him pictures of her, letters, emails etc... and 16 years later my niece has never met him once. He doesn't seem to care at all. I think though that if he would meet her and see what a wonderful child she is he would be upset that he didn't get any time with her. But that's his loss. She is better off without him.