Winning Child Custody - a father's guide and inspiration on how to win. More Fathers Are Getting Custody in Divorce. Illustration by Barry FallsEquality Working Mother Magazine published a package of articles on Tuesday called “Lost Custody,” about the new reality of divorce and child custody for working mothers.
It is filled with tales of women who were the primary earners in a marriage, and who watched their husbands gain primary physical custody of their children when the marriage ended. There are now 2.2 million divorced women in the United States who do not have primary physical custody of their children, and an estimated 50 percent of fathers who seek such custody in a disputed divorce are granted it. As the writer Sally Abrahms describes it: Not long ago, men usually paid the child support and doled out the alimony. Or is it a raw deal? What factors do courts take into account when deciding who gets custody of the children? Almost all courts use a standard that gives the "best interests of the child" the highest priority when deciding custody issues.
What the best interests of a child are in a given situation depends on many factors, including: the child's age, sex, and mental and physical healththe parent's mental and physical healththe parent's lifestyle and other social factors, including whether the child is exposed to second-hand smoke and whether there is any history of child abusethe emotional bond between parent and child, as well as the parent's ability to give the child guidancethe parent's ability to provide the child with food, shelter, clothing, and medical carethe child's established living pattern (school, home, community, religious institution)the quality of the child's education in the current situationthe impact on the child of changing the status quo, andthe child's preference, if the child is above a certain age (usually about 12).
FATHERS CUSTODY CENTER. Norovirus: Technical Fact Sheet. Gastroenteritis (Stomach Flu) Causes, Symptoms, Treatment - Gastroenteritis Treatment on eMedicineHealth. Migraine. Back. Pain Management. Back Pain. Pain Management. Curse of the Krokodil: Fears as home-made Heroin that's rotting Russian addicts' flesh spreads across Europe. Dubbed 'the drug that eats junkies'Majority of addicts die within one year of first hit1.2million addicts in RussiaCases now reported in Germany By Lee Moran Updated: 15:57 GMT, 18 November 2011 A deadly drug which rots the flesh of users - and kills the majority of addicts within a year of their first hit - is spreading across Europe.
Krokodil originated in Russia but is now reportedly on sale in Germany - where several deaths have been blamed on its use - leading the Czech Republic's national drug agency to warn of its dangers. Dubbed 'the drug that eats junkies', it rots from the inside, causing such severe damage to tissue that users suffer from gangrenous sores which open all the way to the bone. Scroll down for graphic video on effects of Krokodil Krokodil: Dubbed 'the drug that eats junkies', it turns its users' skin scaly, eating them from the inside. Extraordinarily, around 1.2 million Russians are believed to have been ravaged by the narcotic, Time magazine has reported.