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The Custody Wars: Why Children Are Losing the Legal Battle, and What We Can Do About It
The Custody Wars Why Children Are Losing the Legal Battle and What We Can Do About It Author:Mary Ann Mason An impassioned and groundbreaking argument for the restoration of childrens rights to the foreground of the custody debate, from one of the countrys foremost Family Law experts. Should an abusive husband be given custody of his child? What about unwed fathers? Gay parents? Full- time working mothers? How much say should young children have in ... more »court? The recent exponential increase in the number of custody disputes due to divorce, adoption, surrogate motherhood, and artificial insemination makes child custody one of todays most hotly debated issues. And the legal shift to "equal treatment" of men and women has translated into parents rights taking precedence over childrens needs. The Custody Wars is the first book to offer a framework for considering all custody issues from a childrens rights perspective and to offer proposals for changing the way disputes are settled. Fairness to parents must not come at the expense of children, Mason insists. Drawing upon a wealth of legal cases and research--as well as the personal stories of families caught in these disputes--Mason presents a program for reform that is certain to change the terms of the debate on one of the most highly charged topics on the national agenda.« less