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Thoughts on Father's Rights in Child Custody Battles

by dgent638

Why do the courts seem to always favor the mother in a divorce
when considering child custody? Is it that this is a throwback
view from the days when the mother was a stay-at-home mother and
therefore had nothing to do but watch and nurture the children?
Will the court system ever join the twenty-first century in
regards to child custody?

The rights of fathers has increased and changed for the
better over time, but there is still a long way to go before
there is real parity between mother's and father's rights. Women
still tend to win in the custody battleground. Of course, the
winners should be the children. Not everyone will be happy in
these situations nor will they feel they have been treated fairly
as to visitation, custody, or support payments.

Father's rights in custody fights were practically
non-existent in the past. However, child psychologists and social
workers finally began speaking up. They stated that children of
divorce needed their father's guidance, influence, and presence
to provide some semblance of stability in the children's lives
other than just shoveling out money to provide for expenses.

Today, custody laws give fathers some say in their
children's lives after the divorce. They may not have primary
custodial rights (where the children live with the father), but
the courts are conceding "joint custody" now. This means that the
father has some input on major decisions that may effect the
rearing of the children. It means that the mother shouldn't find
the most expensive private school for the children without
consulting the father, who is expected to pay for the expenses.

A father should have equal rights to be considered the
primary custodial parent just as much as the mother. Of course,
we don't hear about this much as judges tend to believe that all
children are better off with the mother. However, it should come
down to who will be the better parent rather than strictly
gender, especially in this age of non-traditional living
conditions.

As so often happens, if a father is not awarded primary
custody, he will be given a more generous visitation schedule
than has been granted in past years. The is due to the unceasing
efforts of father's rights organizations and in part to studies
that have proven that a lack of a father's relationship with his
children has produced more juvenile problems, drug use and
clinical depression.

Gerald Costa has gone through the divorce and child custody
process. I put together an ebook to help those that have to go
through a divorce where child custody will become an issue. Find
out more Family Law, Child Custody and Custody Battle information
at http://www.familylawsecrets.com

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