If you have been in a custody dispute and did not receive custody of your child, you might feel devastated. Judges make decisions based on the child’s best interest, and being told that living in your home is not in the best interest of your child can feel like a…
A general overview of the fathers’ rights movement – a social reform initiative advocating a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting and defending the rights of fathers in family law, visitation, and custody decisions. – Today’s divorced and never-married often have the experience of asking for (and receive) joint custody of…
If you and your child’s other parent have split up, child custody has become very important. Depending on the specifics of your situation, you both might share custody, or one of you might have custody while the other has visitation rights. In some circumstances, one parent might have supervised visitation…
In today’s mobile society, it is common for one parent to have a job in a different state or location from where his or her children live. While married parents contend with this issue regularly when one parent must travel for work, it can be trickier for divorced parents. What…
Are you a father who was never married to his child’s mother? If so, you might be concerned about the rights you have toward your child. Whether or not you are still romantically involved with your child’s mother, you do have rights toward your biological child. In most cases, children…
If you are separating from your spouse, you might assume that child custody will be worked out once the divorce is finalized. However, your child cannot wait that long to know where they will be living, who will be the caretaker, and which parent is responsible for various tasks. It…