Legal Scholar: Father's rights movement led to reform in family law

Rex9 · 2015-03-31T16:14:40+00:00

In the 1960s and 1970s, escalating divorce rates and the emergence of no-fault divorce laws upset this balance, she writes. By the mid-1980s, activists and federal and state legislators forged a new political compromise: fathers’ rights activists conceded ongoing child support obligations in exchange for greater access to custody upon divorce.

That's only half of the story. The real story is 100 years ago, men had custody and the financial obligations. Feminism turned that into no custody, and the financial obligations. So it's somehow "better" to pay MORE, for a little MORE custody?

How about paying LESS, and having SHARED custody? Wouldn't that be "in the best interests of the children"? Sure, but it would mean the mother getting less money. We can't have that.

This “divorce bargain” catalyzed a shift from common law presumptions favoring maternal custody to statutory recognition of joint custody.

Yeah, "custody" in the legal meaning of "rights which generally aren't enforced". Not "living with the kids", which is still 90% the mother.

How about you get some fictitious rights, in return for paying more money? Would that be a good idea? Hmm..?

toss_away_burner · 2015-03-31T14:18:41+00:00

Sorry, I'm new to reddit, so apologies for any violations of reddiquette. I wanted to link this to this subreddit so that any interested minds would have access to it. The academic article in the link is apparently the first legal history of the Father's Rights Movement, and actually acknowledges the gains the movement made. It's not all rosy though, since the article also heaps the blame for "dead-beat dads" on the shoulders of the movement as well...

Title	Legal Scholar: Father's rights movement led to reform in family law
Author	toss_away_burner
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Comments	7
Date	March 31, 2015 2:15 PM UTC (11 years ago)
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