[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

He could look after his own child in his own house

Then how come he's never the one at home holding the baby?

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Slag is already looking for husband 13 to stay relevant

Are you talking about that slag Payne!

[GoldHeart]

After they've had a kid as well

Knew it wouldn't last

[y.winter]

I'm shooketh etc etc...

They guy's poor attempt at being a rap gangster or whatever he believes he is has shown that he still has a long way to go until he can be a grown up. And Cheryl, enough has been said...

Shame about the child though.

[hijaxers]

So its new boyfriend and a new baby - I wait with baited breath - not - i wish she would just go away and stay gone. Totally talentless.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by hijaxers

So its new boyfriend and a new baby - I wait with baited breath - not - i wish she would just go away and stay gone. Totally talentless.

What new boyfriend?

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Does anyone seriously care?

78.4K people are talking about this

Hmm Maybe.

Also this is no surprise. Was clearly just a fling, and when she got pregnant is scared the crap out of them both so they split up. Very common tbh

[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.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Most common scenario is joint custody. Residence usually goes to the mother but, to be fair, it's very rarely contested... and when it is contested, it'll go to whoever has been the primary carer before separation, unless there are some other circumstances like substance abuse. If the father has been the primary caregiver during the child's life thus far, and contests for them to reside with him, then there's a high chance of that succeeding .

Or yes, this. Had not read the more recent posts when I replied

[Matthew.]

it’s not as if the mum always gets the custody though is it

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

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.

My daughter is from a previous relationship and her dad never went for custody, tbh he only started wanting to have her more after he met someone else and had more kids so was already "tied" if you know what I mean.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

My daughter is from a previous relationship and her dad never went for custody, tbh he only started wanting to have her more after he met someone else and had more kids so was already "tied" if you know what I mean.

Yeah, we have a similar issue. My stepson..his father never went for custody and ****ed off right after he was born. So Gavin took the father role as he got with his ex around that time and the kid grew up thinking Gavin was his dad, which in all honesty he is, the other guy was just a sperm donor given his behaviour. But all of a sudden now the sperm donor is in a relationship with someone else and has had a child (and actually stuck around! Maybe he learnt something) and he is being a bit of a tit. Keeps sending random solicitors letters saying he will go to court, which is fine, do what he wants. But then, after one letter everything stops for a bit, then in a few months, another random one. Never followed up by any action. I suspect its his new partner saying he should be in the childs life. The kid is ****ing 14 now...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Yeah, we have a similar issue. My stepson..his father never went for custody and ****ed off right after he was born. So Gavin took the father role as he got with his ex around that time and the kid grew up thinking Gavin was his dad, which in all honesty he is, the other guy was just a sperm donor given his behaviour. But all of a sudden now the sperm donor is in a relationship with someone else and has had a child (and actually stuck around! Maybe he learnt something) and he is being a bit of a tit. Keeps sending random solicitors letters saying he will go to court, which is fine, do what he wants. But then, after one letter everything stops for a bit, then in a few months, another random one. Never followed up by any action. I suspect its his new partner saying he should be in the childs life. The kid is ****ing 14 now...

ah that's terrible, poor kid, now my daughters dad isn't that bad, he did still see her but what I mean was that I think he was pretty happy to be living the care free single life for a while so had absolutely no interest in fighting for custody, full or joint and I think alot more men than women are like that though I don't like to generalise and I fully appreciate that it's not the case 100% of the time either

[Kizzy]

no 1 curr

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

no 1 curr

That should be true, but sadly it isn't.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

no 1 curr

Poor Niamh

[Glenn.]

It was kind of icky anyway