In theory fathers have the same rights as mothers when it comes to custody and parenting time with their children. However, fathers oftentimes face challenges in asserting these rights, particularly if they are involved in a contentious divorce or custody battle. In such cases it’s helpful to seek the assistance of an attorney who specializes in fathers’ rights. Here are some updated tips for how to find a good attorney for fathers’ rights.

Here’s how to find a father’s rights lawyer, and also what to look for in a fathers’ rights attorney. Of course, finding a father’s rights attorney is just the first step, and doesn’t guarantee that you’ll find a good one, so we are also including what to look for in an attorney for dads, and even some questions to ask them when you meet with them.

Trying to find a fathers rights helpline, especially in a time of need, can be daunting. You may already be stressed, or frustrated, and then trying to find a fathers rights helpline, let alone one that is legit, can add to the stress. Here are a few dads rights helplines that you can try. Keep in mind that most fathers rights hotlines can’t give straight up legal advice, because they are not staffed by lawyers. However, if you need fathers rights legal advice, most fathers rights lawyers and law firms will give you either a free or low-cost consultation. If you do specifically need legal advice concerning fathers rights, we also list a few fathers’ rights legal helplines maintained by lawyers and law firms at the end of this article, but do be aware that they are likely to soft-sell you to retain their firm.

We are often asked how to divorce or break up without hurting your child. In this series we share seven steps to help ensure that your children stay well adjusted after your divorce or break up, and are shielded from the fallout of your splitting up with their other parent.

He got so frustrated being treated like he’s not an equal parent, his head exploded. Nothing to worry about, it happens all the time.

No, they’re not degrees, they are ‘Dad of the Week’ awards from my kids. Every time I pick them up they give me one.

Issues of custody and parental rights are almost invariably the most important, emotional, and high-stakes components of divorce proceedings. Money can be lost or spent, then regained, and real estate and vehicles can be replaced, but there is no substitute for access to one’s children.

In an excellent editorial in the Baltimore Post Examiner, David Shubert writes that “Parental alienation leaves a hurricane of pain.” While it’s a bit ironic that his editorial was published just one day before Hurricane Harvey it, perhaps it’s also prophetic – as we watch the scenes of countless families flooded out of their homes, as devastating is the flood of emotions when one is pushed out of their family, and away from their children, by parental alienation.