Divorce Advice for Men | Fathers Rights Divorce | Child Custody

By Sara Pitcher

Cordell & Cordell Divorce Lawyer

Before filing for a child custody modification, it is important to document in a journal all interactions with your child and any interactions you have with your ex-wife that you feel are indicators the custody arrangement should be changed.

Once you have kept the calendar or journal for some time, this can be used to support your claims that child custody should be modified and your child should live with you. 

By Sarah Long

Cordell & Cordell Minnesota Divorce Lawyer

With Spring Break approaching for many school-aged children, divorced dads have questions about parenting time over school breaks.

Below are answers to four common questions on Spring Break parenting time.

Ken Solin is the author of "Act Like A Man" a book featuring guys who help each other identify, examine, and move beyond their dysfunctional behavior as partners, fathers, and friends.

Solin has worked for 20 years with men to move them beyond the issues, including divorce, that limit their lives.

A big part of Solin's message is men need to seek help and support groups rather than try and go it alone. He talked with DadsDivorce.com editor about his experience in his male-only support group and what it takes to "Act Like A Man."

By Julie Garrison

Special to DadsDivorce.com

There are more than three times as many single-mom households (12.7 million) as there are single-dad households (4 million), according to the U.S. Census.

Unfortunately, divorced dads raising children as a single-parent household have a difficult row to hoe.

This is because the phenomenon of divorced dads as custodial parents is still in the trailblazing phase.

Our country's problems with fathers and the alarming disregard of fathers rights is examined in Nicholas Szabo's documentary "Father Figure."

Fathers rights is about fairness. All dads are looking for in family courts is an equal opportunity in their divorce and child custody cases.

Yet Szabo's film features interviews with some of the leading fathers rights advocates who are exasperated at a system that claims to be protecting "the best interest of the children" while systematically eliminating fathers from their children's lives.

He spoke with DadsDivorce.com editor Matt Allen about "Father Figure" and what changes he has noticed in the treatment of fathers in family courts and the epidemic of fatherlessness since the time his documentary was first released.