Why do courts give the mother the child? Why not the men?

Answer 1

As a rule, courts heavily favor the mother of the child as being the parent who should be the primary caregiver. Unless there are MAJOR issues with the fitness of the mother, the courts will never give the father primary custody.

Answer 2

As an attorney in the family court system, i can tell you emphatically that the mothers do not always get custody of the child(ren) and in many cases, now more than ever, the mother may be the "primary" custodian, in that the children live with her most of the time, but that can mean they are at her home only 51% of the time. One parent HAS to be the residential parent due to legal reasons (school districts mostly)

many times, there's no argument for custody, and the father just allows the children to remain in the mother's care, and prefers visitation. Not every divorce has a fight to it.

The courts look at best interest of the child, if the parents agree to a certain arrangement, that is considered in the child's best interest. If there is a disagreement, the parents are subjected to home studies, mediation, counseling, depositions & testimony to decide what is really in the child(ren)'s best interest.

Answer 3

The courts give the mother the child because I child deserves to be with their mother. And Did u ever hear a mothers knows best. But its always decided in the child's best interest. Not always the mother gets the child its depends on who present them self capable of caring for that child financially, mentally, physically,etc. I know some man what have their child but . The mother would in most cases have it together and it wont be a need to move the child . And in some cases they also talk to the child.It depends.

Answer 4

They dont always. Normally a judge usually places the child with whichever parent has provided for the child the most.
(Usually the dads work while mom stays home or some situation where the mother is more active in the child's life than the dad). But I've seen just a few cases where the dads get to keep their children.

I hope you didnt lose yours.

Answer 5

Because of the belief that mothers make a better parent, which in a lot of cases isn't true...Men need to stand up and change the people's mind about that, but the fact that the woman is the one who's having the baby, to start with it gives us the #1 choice..Unfortunately for some kids.

Answer 6

my guess is that since the father is the provider of the house. he would need more time to work and make the money to pay for the child's things. The mother are more nurturer and would be better to take care of the baby. And recently, i heard on CNN that men made more money than women in the work force. This is my guess on the question, i'm not 100% sure.

Answer 7

I think that standard is changing. It really depends on who the best parent is. Although it was believed that mothers were the best, I think in this day and age there are more fathers fighting for their children. I must say in some cases men have the upper hand in this situation as they are the usually the money providers, more likely to remarry someone fit for their children, but of course every case is situational.

Answer 8

Generally speaking ,women are the traditional nurturing parent. The courts are charged with doing what;s best for the child and it's up to the judge to award custody to the parent who shows the best chance of raising a productive member of society.

Answer 9

Mother wants the child and dad is on drugs or plain angry with life and not functional enough to work and raise a child properly.

Answer 10

They used to all the time to mom unless she was proven unfit,i think because moms stayed at home and dads worked outside the home and just couldn't spend the time the moms could.
my husband has custody of his son (my stepson). these days it is a different world and more fathers are getting their children. if they are willing to take that responsibility and the moms are not responsible,good for the dad... and i see alot of parents with shared custody like me and my daughters dad!! we switch every other week in summer and pretty close to that during school,it just so happens the bus route is the same so she rides the same bus no matter where she is at!! works great!!