Reply #110: Yes. The deck is stacked heavily in favor of mothers. [View All]

[TexasObserver]

It's practically routine for mothers to claim the father abused the children, so routine that judges in custody cases have grown weary of hearing them from virtually every mother who engages in a custody fight with her husband.

When the father gets custody, it's unusual. When the father gets custody and the mother gets no custodial rights, it is usually because the mother is an active alcohol or addict who has left the home and abandoned the children. THAT is the reality.

The occasional "rich, mean husband" who games the system happens, but that's mainly "made for TV movie" stuff. With few exceptions, people who lose their custodial rights proved by their own conduct they were a danger to their own children, someone who could not be trusted.

I'm sure there are exceptions, but that doesn't change the norm.