Thank you all for your feedback.
There was an issue that perhaps there was more to the story than I am letting on. There has to be more because the judges ruling doesn't make any sense otherwise. The way I see it the only other factors are;
1. i was vague and misleading about where I was living at the time of our first hearing. I had arranged accommodations but was waiting to see if I got custody before I paid the FLS. I now have a nice home but when this all started, she took all the money and I was broke.
2.I am pro se and she has the most expensive atty in town
3.The judge is also a young mother
4.I live in a county where fathers have been heavily prejudiced against. In my divorce here 26 years ago, it took six years and 14 judges before I won equal access for my other 3 sons. It became a famous case because so many judges disqualified themselves for prejudice
5.The wife has made many bizarre accusations including flight risk, drug and alcohol use. Ironic since she kidnapped the child for 2 months and I have been clean and sober for 7 years. Wife knows this well. She is pushing a strong offensive because she will be deported if the judge ever considers the facts in this matter.

Any way, it is what it is. Another case of a judge refusing to consider the statutes and the merits. We need a jury trial for this. Children do not deserve biased judges.