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Why are Mothers winning custody in Family Court? Why are Fathers “allowed” to see their kids every other weekend and required to pay child support, or not allowed to see their children at all? In this program you will find definitive answers, solutions and tactics that will help you win child custody in the family court!

However, I had to ask myself, and challenge other women in the pro-choice movement to ask themselves — this brutally honest question: Do we believe in absolute freedom of choice — or merely our choice?

The UK’s review of child custody laws continues the country’s long-term discrimination against fathers and children. Prior to the last election, the Tory’s had promised to rectify the problem. But that, as they say, was then and this is now.

In the article ‘Unmarried dads to be named on birth certs’ (Irish Independent, December 21), Dearbhail McDonald confuses certain aspects of family law by stating that “married parents are entitled to shared custody of their child as joint guardians and the mother of a non-marital child is entitled to sole custody if the father has not been made a guardian”.

The European Court of Human Rights granted a Nigerian man access to his children on Tuesday, overturning a series of German court rulings and potentially strengthening unmarried fathers’ rights.

Starting Dec. 1, someone (read “father”) in arrears on their support payments can have their car impounded. That’s about the stupidest punishment for non-payment one can imagine, since most people need their cars in order to work. As Lloyd Gorling, a father’s rights activist put it, “How are you going to make support payments if you can’t get to work?”

I’m a 40-something, independent, liberal, California single mother of four and grandmother to one, and I’m working within the Fathers Movement. This surprises some people. They must wonder why I’m championing these men if it’s true that ‘fathers who seek custody are not great fathers.’ That was the truth according to Mira Fox, who runs Child Abuse Solutions, Inc. when she testified in May against AB 1307, California’s shared parenting bill. Shared parenting, (joint physical custody), and this bill are supported by professionals in the legal, medical, and mental health fields and by family rights organizations, veterans groups and individuals all over California. People across the nation, and around the globe applauded our efforts on behalf of children, and I was proud to be in Sacramento that day. I watched Fox testifying and the picture she painted disturbed me.

When an unmarried woman places her child up for adoption, how much say should the reputed father — or putative father, as they’re referred to legally — have?

If there’s one message I was hoping to get across by creating this article, it’s that fathers + rights + divorce does NOT equal a dead end!

So you and your wife have officially decided to get a divorce.  Now that the decision has finally been made, what do you do next? First, tell your children.  Share the information and be honest with them.  Start interviewing attorneys if you plan on using one, even if just as a co-counsel or legal coach.  [...]