For many years mothers have had the opinions of the courts become more supportive of their positions in most areas of family law. Most general opinions have been quite supportive of mother's rights to the detriment of the rights of father's.
It is absolutely imperative that a Father involved in a child custody dispute completely understand his rights and if necessary have an advocate for his position.
There is a difference between Legal Custody and Physical Custody. In almost all (but severe cases) the father and mother of a child share legal custody. As a father, you have a right to be involved in many types of decisions that involve your child. For instance his health, his doctor and dental care, his education, these are all part of legal custody requirements.
The amount of time that you spend with the child involves physical custody. In most instances the father's visitation rights are identical to the mother's. There is agreement among most professional's that the best interest of the child is served when there is contact by both parents.
Unfotunately, the court often creates orders that are counter to this purpose. This situation then requires the father to have an advocate for his position to enforce his rights to counter inappropriate and unfair court orders.
Periodically, situations exist where both parents work out custody and visitation agreements between themselves, however, this is infrequent as most often these situations are subject to the whims of the mother.
Quite often the best opportunity to obtain a 50/50 physical custody arrangement is when the father and mother are both good parents and where they both have immediate access to the child's school and when they both live in the same community. Many factors are considered by the courts in these matters including the father's previous involvement in the child's life as well as work schedules.
In the event the father does not live in the same community as the mother, a 50/50 custody arrangement may be less feasible for the court to find. There may need to be a primary custodial parent where the child lives and goes to school, with free time shared by both parents. The primary parent is thus determined by the court based upon the best interest of the child.
If either father or mother have issues that may jeopardize the child, to include, substance abuse, physical or mental abuse, the court may restrict or moderate the parenting time or even require supervision. Always remember that the best time to fight for custody as a father is as soon as you realize you are separating from the mother.
We at http://www.949Fathers.com are consistently changing the courts opinion in the area of fathers rights as we continue our mission of advocating aggressively and effectively for our fathers
It is absolutely imperative that a Father involved in a child custody dispute completely understand his rights and if necessary have an advocate for his position.
There is a difference between Legal Custody and Physical Custody. In almost all (but severe cases) the father and mother of a child share legal custody. As a father, you have a right to be involved in many types of decisions that involve your child. For instance his health, his doctor and dental care, his education, these are all part of legal custody requirements.
The amount of time that you spend with the child involves physical custody. In most instances the father's visitation rights are identical to the mother's. There is agreement among most professional's that the best interest of the child is served when there is contact by both parents.
Unfotunately, the court often creates orders that are counter to this purpose. This situation then requires the father to have an advocate for his position to enforce his rights to counter inappropriate and unfair court orders.
Periodically, situations exist where both parents work out custody and visitation agreements between themselves, however, this is infrequent as most often these situations are subject to the whims of the mother.
Quite often the best opportunity to obtain a 50/50 physical custody arrangement is when the father and mother are both good parents and where they both have immediate access to the child's school and when they both live in the same community. Many factors are considered by the courts in these matters including the father's previous involvement in the child's life as well as work schedules.
In the event the father does not live in the same community as the mother, a 50/50 custody arrangement may be less feasible for the court to find. There may need to be a primary custodial parent where the child lives and goes to school, with free time shared by both parents. The primary parent is thus determined by the court based upon the best interest of the child.
If either father or mother have issues that may jeopardize the child, to include, substance abuse, physical or mental abuse, the court may restrict or moderate the parenting time or even require supervision. Always remember that the best time to fight for custody as a father is as soon as you realize you are separating from the mother.
We at http://www.949Fathers.com are consistently changing the courts opinion in the area of fathers rights as we continue our mission of advocating aggressively and effectively for our fathers