Fathers’ rights topic: Presumption of shared child custody
On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Fathers’ Rights on Friday, November 21, 2014. For decades, family courts in Missouri and around the country started child custody proceedings with the assumption that mothers were the best caretakers for their children. The fathers’ rights movement was created largely to combat this bias. Men who want to remain active in the lives of their children after divorce are not asking for special treatment, just equal treatment. To combat mother bias (or any bias for that matter), a number of states are passing or considering legislation that would change the way courts approach child custody decisions. Rather