Women today have equal opportunities in the work place. In many families, both mothers and fathers pursue careers. A family where a wife and the father earn a living are more common than they had been in previously generations. Fathers today spend larger roles in their children’s lives and in their home environment then in previously generations.
Child Custody and Father’s Rights Issues
Children have 2 parents. Each of them can seek custody of their children. Courts have difficulty in making decisions as to who is the superior custodial parent. Situations where fathers are not married to the mothers are even more complicated when the parties are married. In previous generations father’s rights were ignored. Today fathers have equal rights for custody of their children. New York courts today determine which parent receives custody based on what is in the child’s or children’s best interests. Unfortunately, fathers sometimes when they bring a case in the Family Courts are considered to be second thoughts in custody cases.
Child Custody and Visitation
Child custody arrangements should be set up in a manner that magnifies a father’s life situation with his child or children. Even if the father does not seek to be the primary residential custodial parent, it is often in a father’s best interests to have a joint custody arrangements with regard to the parties’ children. Fathers should be entitled to spend time with their children and enrich their children’s lives. The children’s happiness and well being sometimes will depend on the outcome of child custody matters. It is therefore important for fathers to choose aggressive knowledgeable attorneys when they seek custody or liberal visitation of their children.
Elliot S. Schlissel, Esq. is a divorce lawyer representing men and women throughout the Metropolitan New York area. He can be reached at Elliot@sdnylaw.com or 800-344-6431.
In the State of New York most 
Women today have equal opportunities in the workplace. In many families both mothers and fathers, pursue careers. Fathers today have larger roles in their children’s lives and in their home environment than in previous generations.
In New York when a child is born out of wedlock 
The law in the State of New York is gender neutral. Each parent has an equal opportunity to have custody of their children. However, many fathers who are involved in 
There was a time in New York when the man’s responsibility was to support the family and the woman’s responsibility was to raise the children and maintain the home. That changed a long time ago. However, there are implicit biases still maintained by some in the legal system regarding men being the financial providers and women being responsible for raising the children.
Each parent plays an important role in their children’s lives. This takes place until children have reached an age where they are fully independent of parents for support, care, intellectual development and ethical issues for their children. Children form bonds with their parents in their early years. When a 
