If you and your spouse have decided to end your marriage, one of the first things you'll likely discuss is how your children will be cared for. As a father, you may have to overcome biases to ensure that you receive a fair custody hearing. If you're a Louisiana...
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A fathers’ rights advocate: An important step
Residents of Lafayette and other nearby areas of Louisiana may want to learn more about the reasons why having a fathers' rights advocate is important. You may be challenging paternity, challenging the adoption of a child, adjusting child support or visitation, or...
Parental alienation and the hazards fathers face
No matter how the relationship ended, a divorce can quickly become mired in heated emotions and long-standing disputes. Once things like child custody, parenting time, and the division of assets and debts have been completed, both parties must go about creating their...
What are your rights as an unwed father?
You want to have a good time with your child. You are probably imagining baseball games and campouts, father-daughter dances or father-son fish fries. However, as an unmarried father, what rights do you have? Is there a way to gain more time with your child? Do you...
What are your rights as an unwed father?
You want to have a good time with your child. You are probably imagining baseball games and campouts, father-daughter dances or father-son fish fries. However, as an unmarried father, what rights do you have? Is there a way to gain more time with your child? Do you...
Fathers can seek custody modifications too
Even though laws favor shared custody, many fathers in Louisiana feel that courts are ignoring their rights when it comes to child custody. If you are unhappy with your current child custody arrangements, you may take actions to do something about it. After all,...
Fathers can seek custody modifications too
Even though laws favor shared custody, many fathers in Louisiana feel that courts are ignoring their rights when it comes to child custody. If you are unhappy with your current child custody arrangements, you may take actions to do something about it. After all,...
Going through a legal separation? Fathers’ rights still stand
Choosing to end one's marriage is not an easy decision to make. A lot is at stake, and no one wants to make the wrong choice. If this is something you are thinking about but are unsure of, legal separation may be able to help bring clarity to the situation. While...
Going through a legal separation? Fathers’ rights still stand
Choosing to end one's marriage is not an easy decision to make. A lot is at stake, and no one wants to make the wrong choice. If this is something you are thinking about but are unsure of, legal separation may be able to help bring clarity to the situation. While...
Will you be given a fair chance at custody as a father?
Traditionally, mothers received preference when it comes to custody of the children. Now, the courts use "the best interests" of the children as a guide to awarding custody. Supposedly, this approach looks at mothers and fathers equally, but as many men in Louisiana...