Reply to Shared custody of an infant-coparents on good terms

Forum Index » Parenting -- Special Concerns

Reply to "Shared custody of an infant-coparents on good terms "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recently had a very close family member go through this with a 5 month old. Partially due to nursing, but also partially due to personal preferences, they landed on:

- Mom has primary physical custody 
- No overnights until the child is 4 (there are other children involved too that are older)
- Dad gets minimum of 4 "contact hours" during the week
- Dad gets Sundays from Noon to 8 PM

Once the child is four, will still be 4 hours during the week, Sundays 12 - 8, but also every other weekend from Friday night to Sunday night.

I thought that was pretty far on the extreme end, but the courts agreed to it. The parents live very close together and travel time is not an issue. [/quote]

And, this is exactly why these Dad's have no bond or parenting abilities with these kids.  Kids are not nursing till age 4, and mom can pump or baby can take formula.  Mom will then complain Dad is a deadbeat and uninvolved when she set it up that way.  In reality there is no point in Dad being involved for 4 hours a week.  A stranger who babysits gets more time.  Its all about money as the less time Dad has the more support he pays.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics