Multi-State Fathers' Rights & Divorce Law Blog

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Fathers’ Rights on Friday, December 11, 2015. It takes two people to create a child. It shouldn’t be as shocking as it is to say, therefore, that it often takes two people (at least) to raise a child. Too often in family law cases, one parent is left out of the equation of raising a child. Fathers deserve every chance to play a role in their children’s lives. More courts, including in Missouri, are starting to better recognize that it is not only fair to assign joint custody between mothers and fathers, but it is

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Fathers’ Rights on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Not too long ago, questions of paternity were something like gambling. You could take a blood test, but was hardly conclusive and if a mother denied the paternity of a man and the blood test did not match, his effort to be named as the father could be frustrated. Today, with the advent of DNA testing, the scientific accuracy of the test is now virtually 100 percent, and a mother’s protestations now have less force. For most men, fatherhood is very important, and the opportunity to be viewed as a

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Fathers’ Rights on Monday, November 30, 2015. Father’s rights are a complex issue. During a divorce, many judges in the St. Louis area probably still feel that raising children is “women’s work.” This can lead to the presumption that when it comes to custody matters, a mother will receive the custody of the children. For fathers, this can mean they must fight to obtain shared custody. And in some ways, the issue extends far beyond a Missouri family court, to other matters. One writer argues that providing better family leave benefits for fathers would help improve

On behalf of Stange Law Firm, PC posted in Fathers’ Rights on Friday, November 27, 2015. When a divorce occurs here in Missouri, a core problem is often parents who can no longer get along with each other. When they have children, this can be a significant problem. In most divorce settlements, the child custody portion will require varying degrees of interaction and cooperation between the parents. If the parents have shared or joint custody, where the children spend approximately the same amount of time with each parent, this is likely to require a significant amount of “handoffs,” where the parents transfer the children