The Purpose of Hiring a Fathers’ Rights Lawyer

Fathers’ Rights have garnered a lot of attention over the years. For a long time, family law courts would favor the mother in matters of child custody, visitation, and child support. Awarding custody to the mother seemed natural, as it was custom in American culture for the woman to stay home and raise children and the men to go out into the workforce.

But as family dynamics changed over the last few decades, judges have begun acknowledging the important role men play in their children’s lives. Instead of automatically awarding custody to the mother and ordering the father to pay child support, the courts are now taking both parents’ rights and wants into consideration, and even more importantly, are trying to award equal custody to both parents if it at all possible. Countless studies have proven that children who have strong relationships with both parents tend to be more well-rounded.