Fathers Win More Custody Battles
Lisa Belkin of the New York Times Magazine writes that more fathers are getting custody in divorces.
“There are now 2.2 million divorced women in the United States who do not have primary physical custody of their children,” she says, “and an estimated 50 percent of fathers who seek such custody in a disputed divorce are granted it.”
She attributes some of this to the recession. More men are being laid off than women, and for the first time in history, women are about to outnumber men in the American workforce.
She predicts that the percentage of fathers with primary custody will likely increase, as social views about parenting continue to change.
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