Sometimes after a divorce, a man may be apprehensive about his role as a father. However, according to a writer who has written about being a divorced father, there are some things that fathers should understand as they transition into their post-divorce fathering...
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How can a father get his visitation rights enforced?
Being a divorced father can be extremely challenging. If your children are living with the other parent, you may find it difficult to see them as often as you would like. In order to maintain a healthy relationship with your children, every moment that you...
Acknowledging paternity can give fathers parenting rights
It has become extremely common for households with children to have only one parent. But at the same time, it continues to get more difficult for a single parent to make ends meet. The prices for everything from housing to food just keep getting higher and higher....
Men can fight paternity fraud with DNA tests
We would all like to believe that those with whom we are intimate will also be honest. Unfortunately, sometimes people choose to act deceptively. Perhaps one of the worst deceptions that a man can endure is when a woman misleads him about a child's paternity....
Acknowledgement of paternity gives father’s parental rights
For any number of reasons, couples may choose to have a child while forgoing marriage. And often, the father may have a strong desire to have a close relationship with the child. Such arrangements are not uncommon, but there can be questions as to how to establish...
Malicious treatment may call for custody order modification
A divorce involving children can be fraught with conflicts. It is typically in a child's best interest if his or her parents are civil to one another and adhere to the terms of the child custody order. Unfortunately, things do not always work out this way. In fact, a...
Fathers can provide valuable lessons to their children
The Welsh-born English poet George Herbert is credited as having said that "one father is more than a hundred schoolmasters." And although this idea was put forth well over 300 years ago, it remains true today. Fathers can provide their children with a wealth of...
How could small acts by father positively affect a child?
It is sometimes said that it is the little things in life that can count the most. A non-custodial father may not realize just how big a contribution he is making to his child's life by doing what seem to be very small things. But what small things might make a big...
Man must pay large sum in support for a child he did not father
Texas residents who have experienced paternity issues may be interested in a story recently reported by a Detroit TV station. The story is about a man who has to pay over $30,000 in child support. The man's problems started when an ex designated him as her child's...
Sons and daughters benefit from time spent with fathers
Mothers deservedly receive a great deal of credit for the love and support that they provide for their children, but fathers can play an equally important role in making children feel cared for and safe. But if parents are divorced and the mother has primary custody,...