Unmarried and divorcing parents facing custody decisions often assume the family court system will facilitate truth, honor and integrity. They've been lead to believe that in the end they will have what is in their child's best interest. What they often find instead, is corruption.
Most parents are ill-equipped to face the very real possibility of losing equal access to, or complete contact with their children. Many parents can not afford a lifetime of legal fees, or the never-ending roller coaster of extreme emotions these situations trigger.
The following is a list of organizations and resources that have been created by and/or for parents who believe that children deserve equal access to both of their parents. Here you will find peer support, self-help information and lobbying opportunities.
- AKidsRight.org
- American Coalition for Fathers and Children
- Australia- Non-Custodial Parents Party
- Child Custody parenting plans free book
- California Alliance for Families and Children
- Canada- Equal Parenting Council
- Canada- Fathers 4 Justice
- Canada- F4J-outaouais
- Children’s Rights Council
- Children’s Rights Initiative for Sharing Parents Equally
- Colorado- Coalition for Equal Parenting
- Equally Shared Parenting, for married parents
- Equal Parenting Party
- Fathers & Families
- Fathers 4 Justice®
- Get Your Justice Live
- Greece- SYGAPA
- International links
- Lawyers.com (free family law answers)
- Pacific Northwest- Help for Daddy
- Parents And Children for Equality
- Proud to Parent, for never-married parents
- Separated Parenting Access & Resource Center
- Rochester, NY - Equal Parents for Children
- Shared Parenting Works, free parenting plans
- UK- Equal Parenting Alliance
- UK- New Fathers 4 Justice
- Up to Parents, for divorced parents
Comments
Thank you for this resource. Fathers’ right to be a meaningful part of their childrens' lives have been eroded to the point of non-existence. My research suggests that this is a phenomenon consistent throughout the industrialized nations. Children who are alienated from their fathers are more likely later in life to have emotional/behavioral problems, suffer from depression, drop out of school, fail in their jobs, and suffer from other social problems. I invite you to visit my site devoted to raising awareness on this growing problem: fathersprivilege.blogspot.com/
Thanks for your comment in my article. This piece you submitted is great. I agree, by the way, "that's life" isn't the best statement, but it's true.
Sadly, I have a lot of guy friends, who are great fathers, who met a court system that didn't take that in to account. Of four of my close divorced friends, only one has custody of the kids, and that's because his wife didn't want custody.
It is refreshing to know that people are working to remedy this situation. I will provide a link to your page in a future columns. All the best. Michael
A GREAT resource for disenfranchised fathers (and mothers, too) in Colorado is the Coalition for Equal Parenting, available on the Internet at www.coalitionforequalparenting.org. They are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization who specialize in providing a variety of support to those persons seeking fulfillment of their parental rights. Best wishes to all parents and to their children who need them in their lives.
I'd like to post our website for those in the Pacific Northwest that need help with exactly this...
www.HelpForDaddy.org
Thanks.
Thank you for the kind remarks.
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