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Article: Fathers' Rights: Hard-Hitting and Fair Advice for Every Father Involved in a Custody Dispute.
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- Trial
- Article date:
- September 1, 1997
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 American Association for Justice, formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA®). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Jeffery M. Leving with Kenneth A. Dachman Basic Books/HarperCollins 10 East 53rd St. New York, NY10022 206 pp., $23
In Fathers' Rights, Jeffery Leving, a Chicago attorney, tells divorcing fathers that if they want to stay involved with their children, they are likely to face an uphill battle dealing with a judicial system that undervalues fatherhood and is biased against men in custody awards. This assessment is supported by recent studies of divorced fathers, which found that these men felt that lawyers and judges assumed that they were uninterested in parenting, or, if they were interested, that fighting for sole custody or joint custody was not worth the effort.
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