Mother won't let father see children in Texas

From Texas....
A man has two children with this woman he
has lived with for years. I don't think they are common law. The woman used cocaine
and other drugs during this time, and has
stabbed the man once. She was a violent
person for awhile. Now, she has started going to church, and the people at the church
think she is a great person. She and the man
got into an arguement about two weeks back, and she took the children and rented an expensive house with the help of her parents.
(The man gave her $200.00 a week just for spending money for years.)
She will not allow the man to see the children except for a few minutes when she
chooses to let him see the children.
Can she be charged with kidnapping the children? What do you suggest he do, as he
loves the children very much, and is extremely hurt that he can't see them. He has no family to advise him, and has asked
my son what he should do. She is also trying to get more money out of him, but he
has told her that he will not give her money until he is able to see the children more
often, or have the children himself.

I live in Texas also and I have a similar story in some ways. I do know that Texas no longer recognizes common law marriage...many people believe they do and even some police people do to. The mother can not be charged with kidnapping unless this couple had papers up on custody and she is not following the orders, then maybe. Let me tell you my little story. Me and my ex were never married and we had a child together. We went our seperate ways. Later on he deceiced he wanted to get back together but I did not. I had meet someone 3 years later, my ex did not like this at all. My ex was very much in his son's life. One day my ex deceiced he didn't want my son to be with me because I was seeing someone. My ex left with my son after an arguement we had about my new boyfriend. I do not know where they went or how I could find them. I called the police but since I live outside of city limits the sheriff came. Know let me tell you what the sheriff told me. Since we were never married and we had nothig legal on my son, my ex was free to take my son wherever he wanted and the police could do nothing about it. This stunned me...I could do nothing. My son was gone because my ex didn't like me having a new boyfriend. Well he did bring him back and I went and filed for custody. So I suggest that your son try to call the attorney general and see what he can do. Or he can contact the national locator service to find his ex. If the attorney general can help him they will not charge him anything but prepare for a long wait. I still worry he make take him but I know the police can help me now. I hoped that helped you a little, good luck