He Looked After The Children; But She Gets Them

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He Looked After The Children; But She Gets Them "It was as if she was losing all respect for me, just because I was the one at home, doing the domesworktic duties. Then, one day two years ago, she announced she was leaving me - and taking the children with her.

Richard is still desperately fighting for better access to the two children he did so much to raise, but now sees only every other weekend. 'It's no wonder I am suffering from stress, and have gone from living in the lovely home we owned to a two-bedroom flat in a much rougher area of town.

Vanessa Lloyd-Platt - a divorce lawyer - says there is a huge problem built into the legal system at a time when more and more fathers are becoming primary carers for their children.

"There has been a massive turnaround in roles within a marriage, but there is still a very strong belief in the legal system that allowing the father to have residency of the children is somehow against the natural order of things, and many judges still believe the children will be better off with their mother."

So much for 'equality', eh?

(Also see my piece Judges to see how even the topmost family judge lied about the courtroom biases against fathers in an attempt (at the time) to scupper the claims of Fathers for Justice.

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