Namaste and welcome to another posting for the Quiet Mouse Strikes Back. Thank you to all the friends, family, and fellow knowledge seekers for joining me today.
Dads have rights too. I know it's a novel concept despite the obvious bias by the court system against fathers rights. Men have been portrayed for far too long as being dead-beat-dads in the courts. Women, on the contrary, are played out as helpless victims, abused and tormented by the evil dead-beat-dads. Many men are facing trumped up charges of domestic violence or child abuse coming out of a broken relationship. And it's not just the parents who are hurting too. After a divorce is the most important time for a dad to redefine his relationship with his children. Divorce hurts dads a lot. Often the man is faced with a LOT less time to spend with his children on top of paying child support and often alimony. Dads deserve the right to spend as much time with his children as is reasonable. These things, unfortunately, have to be spelled out clearly in all parenting plan court documents otherwise the woman has leeway to take advantage of the situation and basically take away the dads rights to see his children. To avoid any misunderstandings or anyone taking advantage of the situation, it is important for the dad to know his legal rights, from a professional that is trained in these matters. Often dads get taken advantage of because they have no money to fight in court and/or they have little to no knowledge of their rights when headed to court. Above all, take what friends and family have to say about divorce with a grain of salt. It is always best to trust legal advice from people that are PAID to give it and that understand the way the legal system works. It is to the benefit of all, including the children for the dad to have as much knowledge possible before heading in to make the parenting plan. This may be the difference between having custody vs. only seeing the children every other weekend totaling 4 days a month.
The important thing to take out of this for dads is to be informed and know your rights. The ex might portray herself as the victim, but with good legal counselling and a good knowledge of dads rights, pitfalls and decreased parenting rights can be avoided. There may have to be paternity testing done too in cases where the true father is not known. There are tons of resources online to help dads with these issues.
Also another right that often gets forgotten is the dads right to co-operative parenting and the right to make collaborative decisions . This too can be spelled out in the parenting plan. It is for the well-being of the children that cooperation and collaborative decision making takes place. The family unit functioned like this before the divorce so it is best for the children if it continues after.
Dads also have the right to joint or full custody. Look up and learn the child custody laws for your jurisdictional area if you feel like you need to know for your divorce/parenting plan.
Well, that's about all I have on this issue for the time being. I'd love to hear from other divorced dads like myself. I didn't know my rights or have the money to fight in court, so I lost some of my parenting rights which are now taken advantage of by my baby mama. Know your shit so you don't get caught in a bad spot fellas.
Peace. Love. Respect. Knowledge.
Dads have rights too. I know it's a novel concept despite the obvious bias by the court system against fathers rights. Men have been portrayed for far too long as being dead-beat-dads in the courts. Women, on the contrary, are played out as helpless victims, abused and tormented by the evil dead-beat-dads. Many men are facing trumped up charges of domestic violence or child abuse coming out of a broken relationship. And it's not just the parents who are hurting too. After a divorce is the most important time for a dad to redefine his relationship with his children. Divorce hurts dads a lot. Often the man is faced with a LOT less time to spend with his children on top of paying child support and often alimony. Dads deserve the right to spend as much time with his children as is reasonable. These things, unfortunately, have to be spelled out clearly in all parenting plan court documents otherwise the woman has leeway to take advantage of the situation and basically take away the dads rights to see his children. To avoid any misunderstandings or anyone taking advantage of the situation, it is important for the dad to know his legal rights, from a professional that is trained in these matters. Often dads get taken advantage of because they have no money to fight in court and/or they have little to no knowledge of their rights when headed to court. Above all, take what friends and family have to say about divorce with a grain of salt. It is always best to trust legal advice from people that are PAID to give it and that understand the way the legal system works. It is to the benefit of all, including the children for the dad to have as much knowledge possible before heading in to make the parenting plan. This may be the difference between having custody vs. only seeing the children every other weekend totaling 4 days a month.
The important thing to take out of this for dads is to be informed and know your rights. The ex might portray herself as the victim, but with good legal counselling and a good knowledge of dads rights, pitfalls and decreased parenting rights can be avoided. There may have to be paternity testing done too in cases where the true father is not known. There are tons of resources online to help dads with these issues.
Also another right that often gets forgotten is the dads right to co-operative parenting and the right to make collaborative decisions . This too can be spelled out in the parenting plan. It is for the well-being of the children that cooperation and collaborative decision making takes place. The family unit functioned like this before the divorce so it is best for the children if it continues after.
Dads also have the right to joint or full custody. Look up and learn the child custody laws for your jurisdictional area if you feel like you need to know for your divorce/parenting plan.
Well, that's about all I have on this issue for the time being. I'd love to hear from other divorced dads like myself. I didn't know my rights or have the money to fight in court, so I lost some of my parenting rights which are now taken advantage of by my baby mama. Know your shit so you don't get caught in a bad spot fellas.
Peace. Love. Respect. Knowledge.
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