Jann Blackstone, Tribune News Service

Q. My ex and I were married when we were very young. We had a child soon afterward, but my ex left us, and we were divorced nine months later. I have not seen or heard from him in 8 years. I remarried a wonderful man when my son was a year and a half old and he is the only father my son has known. Today I got a phone call from my ex’s aunt who told me that my ex got married, has a baby and is moving back into town. He wants to see my son. My husband is furious and so am I. Do we have to let him see our son? What’s good ex-etiquette?

A. Although you probably think this rarely happens, it’s something I have seen many times:

A young couple gets pregnant and has a child. The young man, not ready to be a father, leaves for whatever reason. Eventually the

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