If a Couple Splits Up, What Actually Has to Happen for the Father to Be Granted Sole Custody?

Question by Big Sky 23: If a couple splits up, what actually has to happen for the father to be granted sole custody?
What about primary physical custody?

I know, legally, the decision is made in the best interests of the child, and the either parent must be demonstrated as an unfit caregiver for that right to be removed, else joint custody is awarded, blah blah.

But practically, what has to happen to the mother for sole custody to be granted to the father? Felony? Crack addiction? Mental illness? Unemployed? Incarceration?

It just seems from stories I’ve heard that the practical court default is to award sole custody to the mother, where the father must prove the mother an “unfit parent” in order to secure any other arrangement.

Anyone with any personal experience of the father receiving sole custody of his child? What happened to the mother?

Best answer:

Answer by rxing
she has to be challenged in a way.

drugs, alcohol mental issues. that kind of thing. you have to be willing to put in the time to figt. you also have to have a good relationship with your children and be involved. keep a diary.

a very very good attorney is need for this though and its very expensive.

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