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ARE DIVORCE COURTS ANTI-DAD?
Intelligence Report
Contributors: Lyric Wallwork Winik and Sharon Male
Published: July 6, 2008
Despite a shift toward shared custody over the last 20 years, up to half of fathers lose contact with
their kids after a divorce. “In 85% of divorces, fathers get just two weekends a month and a couple
of hours during the week,” says Mike McCormick of the American Coalition for Fathers and
Children.
A new legal trend might change that. With “proportional time,” explains Jennifer Rosato of
Philadelphia’s Drexel University School of Law, “the custody decision is based on the time dads
spent with their children before the divorce, rather than presuming that dads have, and want,
limited involvement with their kids.” But McCormick says dads still could get shortchanged: “What
happened in the past with a family doesn’t represent what will happen in the future.” He says that
supporting your kids is about more than money, “but courts want a check first and a relationship
second.”
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