The Huffington Post, one of the world’s most visited websites, has turned to DadsDivorce.com founder Joseph Cordell to be its voice on the struggles men and fathers face in family law courts.
In his first of a series of columns, Cordell writes on HuffingtonPost.com about the unlevel playing field facing divorced dads in the family law system.
He explains how after 20 years of experience spent with Cordell & Cordell representing men in domestic relations matters, he couldn’t help but notice the challenges consistently facing one side of the table--the guy's side.
"The father's rights movement isn't an anti-mom or anti-woman movement; it's an anti-unfairness movement," Cordell writes. "It just so happens that moms have most of the power in the family court system in America."
Cordell shared one example of the bias men face in court: the well-paid, highly successful wife married to an unemployed man who is now a stay-at-home dad.
Most judges would see the situation and say, "Why doesn't this guy go out and get a job?"
But if you flip the roles and it is the husband making all the money and the wife stays at home as the primary caretaker, then believe the woman is performing a perfectly legitimate role as a stay-at-home mom.
"So a dad has to struggle to prove he is not guilty of being a deadbeat, but the same is not true when the situation is reversed," Cordell writes.
Read the full Huffington Post article "Is The Playing Field Level For Men In The Family Court System?"
I've spend thousands of dollars fighting for child support modification and shared custody to which every single time have failed. I've been looked down on in court and been kicked when I'm down by the State and the judge. All I've ever wanted is a relationship with my daughter and raise her to be smart and educated and an all around happy person, and the court system have taken that away... brutally.
Now I see why most men either skip the state, leave the country and worst of all end their own lives because the system breaks you down little by little by little till you have nothing left to give or lose.
I'm still fighting to this day, I have no choice if I want to see my little girl again, but this article was a pleasure to read and bless you guys for saying something for us men who have very little hope left.
Keep up the great work!