[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

It is actually sickening how a mother always gets the custody

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think you'll find in a lot of cases fathers don't even try to get custody

Indeed. If both go for custody, it tends to be joint. but most fathers don't attempt for it, hence mothers getting it usually. Infact, some studies found that when a man does go for custody, he is more likely to get it than a woman!

Also, family courts tend to go on who does the majority of the childcare also. Like, in my case if me and Gavin split up , and we both went for custody, he would 100% get main custody while I got visitation..fairly sure I wouldn't even get joint. As I do next to none of the child stuff due to my illness. I would not even go for custody actually as I would be utterly useless without help.