Comparison To Seltzer's Study

Fathers, in today's society are undermined by the courts and by their children’s mother. Some fathers cannot see their children due to the mother’s emotions, but there are some cases that are different. For instance, Barrington Newell is a father of 7 kids. Out of the 7 kids he has, he had only one kid in custody. His second to last daughter Natasha. Natasha’s mother had passed away from a medical problem. Mr. Newell was forced to take care his daughter. Natasha’s grandmother wanted custody of Natasha, but did not receive custody because it was in the court’s best interest to leave Natasha with her other living parent. It seemed like at the time it was the best interest of the child to live with her father. This my story of how my father was
They notice that parents don’t know the difference between the term physical custody and legal custody. These terms help distinguish the type of custody they are awarded by the court. During the 1900s, the common custodies that were awarded were equal shared custody, unequal shared custody, and sole custody. Compare to Seltzer’s studies, Canican discuss the economic standings for the parents and how it helps with the custody arrangements. Researchers explains that shared custody is expensive because parents have to buy enough resource for both households. This is to ensure the children are being taken care of with whoever they are with. The process of bargaining and negotiation are ways that speeds up the custody outcomes and are often awards parents with unequal custodies or equal custodies. On the contrary, these processes can give the parent who file first more power then, the parent who didn’t. This allow the parent to have a better chance they hope for. Statistics shows that 1900s, women were the first to file for divorce. Only way for the father to win is that he has good lawyers, the courts only award mother’s sole custody if their children are only girls or young children are involved. When one parent has complications such as relationship issues or issues that can disrupt the children lives; the court would give the children to the parent with less problems. Researchers examine state-level cases that shows tremendous increase in shared custody and decrease in sole-custody. They compare their research and found that: “international research suggests that a significant proportion of children thought to be living with their father only are actually sharing time with both parents” (pg.