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Fathers Rights: Custody Issues
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Fathers who are working on gaining sole or joint custody of their children following a divorce will find resources to help in their efforts. Check here for information on custody laws, ideas to strengthen your cases, and ways to avoid losing custody.

Operation Sunlight
Operation Sunlight is a fathers advocacy group in Pennsylvania. Ideas about custody issues, links to other organizations and encouragement for fathers in crisis are offered at this site.

Trying the Child Custody Case
The About.com Law Guide, Jimmy Verner has written an excellent article which details the criteria that trial judges consider when hearing a custody cases. This is vital information to have if you are a single dad who is still awaiting a final decision on custody.

Joint custody might be best option for children of divorce
This article from the American Psychological Association offers strong support for the idea that joint custody is a healthy alternative for children of divorced fathers.

Does Mutual Custody Work?
Arr dads just kidding themselves about ideas like joint custody or mutual custody? Some legal experts argue that joint custody still deprives dads of their legal rights. Find out more about this trend in family law.

Fathers' Rights
Millions of fathers are caught in the fight of their lives to win custody of their children. Disenchanted by the process, many wonder if they will ever again be an important part of their sons' and daughters' lives. In this article, a fathers' rights attorney provides hard-hitting and fair advice for every father involved in a custody dispute.

How Men Can Win Custody?
It is always an uphill battle for dads to win custody of the children in a divorce process. Check out these 20 rules for dads to follow in their efforts to be the custodial parent.

The Fathers’ Rights Survival Guide
This article offers recommendations to fathers who find themselves in the midst of a family separation. It contains a comprehensive list of do’s and don’ts when you are fighting to maintain your rights in custody determinations.

Co-parenting and Shared Parenting
Co-parenting (or shard custody) is a growing trend. This article from the Where's Daddy site provides helpful hints in preparing a parenting plan, the foundation of a workable co-parenting arrangement.

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