Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

Question:

My girlfriend kicked me out of the house and had me take our child. She now wants to come over and take our child back to live with her.

If I feel that our child will be unsafe with her living in unstable environment then can I prevent her from taking the child? Does she have more rights to the child than I do?

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

With the New Year upon us, it’s time for a preview of pro-fathers' rights legislation awaiting approval in 2013. Even though 2012 brought America’s dads progress in their attempts to win equal parenting time and more equitable child support orders, there is still much work to be done.

Here is a sampling of the pro-dad bills before the legislatures of four states – Georgia, Minnesota, Vermont, and Virginia.

Question:

My parental rights were terminated in court by my daughter's mother at a time when I was low on money and my public defender did nothing to help my case.

It is killing me not being a part of my daughter's life, and I want to be involved but her mother is denying me any visits based on my lack of rights.

Is there any way to have my parental rights restored after they were terminated?

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

In an academic paper, social scientists at Arizona State University discussed and made conclusions on two universally conflicted issues facing family law courts and policy makers today on the issue of shared parenting:

1. Is the quantity or the quality of parenting time more important for children’s outcomes?
2. Should parenting time be limited in families where there is high conflict between divorced parents?

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

Family law is moving in the direction of collaboration and shared parenting, even if the reform is not as rapid as many scorned divorced dads would like.

This is a glacial but positive movement in the courtroom, and many states have shared parenting legislation, or similar fathers’ rights bills, in the works.

Below is an update on the status of shared parenting reforms in several states.