But also needed are programs that place as much emphasis on access and custody as on support. As much as they need a dad's money, children also need dad's hugs. This law, in one form or another, has been on the books since 1985. A cheer went up from Father's Rights groups when this occurred. But in my time with this cause, never have I heard of it being implemented.
Judges seem to be loath to incarcerate, or sanction, mothers.
But there is no hesitation to jail fathers. But no one thinks that this is a reason to refrain from jailing dads. Please make this true for ALL fathers, those who left and those who were thrown away. It is politically correct to speak about deadbeat dads, but we also must deal with those dads beat dead by a system biased against them.