This is a great kids book to aid in back and forth of custody families.  As a child of divorce and a custodial parent of a blended daughter, I have experienced firsthand the confusion, frustration, and anger felt by children in co-parenting relationships.  With nearly 900,000 new divorces each year in America; moms, dads, teachers, counselors, grandparents, and social workers can become numb to the emotional turmoil divorce, separation and shared parenting arrangements have on kids.

 

 

Until my book is written, this is the closest to a complete guide for Fathers to gain custody of their kids.  Less hype and more detailed reading, this book outlines fathers' groups, working with your attorney, sexual abuse alligations, and the overall war involved in winning or settling.

 

This is probably the quickest easiest book to father custody book to read.  If you can only read one, I would start here.  Although very high level it explains in simple guy terms what to expect in a custody hearing.  This book does not focus on written law, but rather tells the sad truth of a fairly biase court system.  I found the overview useful, although a great deal of the stats and law aspects reflected Virginia law specifically.  Nonetheless, this would be the first book I would recommend to fathers regarding trying to understand the battle for custody.

 

A serious book that gives you an inside look at the Family Court system through the eyes of a former judge.  It considers the effects of litigation on the kids and wants you to take into account your own materity level to work things out with your Ex and use court as a last resort.