Omaha Fathers' Rights Legal Blog

Being a single parent is tough, whether you are a mother or father. You'll never be fully prepared for the challenges that single parenthood brings, and, likely, it's not how you ever envisioned bringing up your child. However, if you are a single parent, you'll need to face up to the reality of this situation and try to do what is best for your child.

No one is a perfect parent; there are always ways to improve. So you shouldn't feel guilty if you encounter challenges or make mistakes in your parenting journey. You should, however, always be striving to constantly improve. Learning and growing through challenges is what makes people better parents. The following are some tips for thriving as a single father.

If a person married someone, there was love of some kind. It may have been a self-interested love or even a misguided love, but love is a strong and positive emotion. Even when it is turned into hate, the intensity remains the same. But most people don't want to hurt anyone, least of all someone they loved.

Divorces used to be nasty processes almost as a matter of course. Old restrictions meant litigants had to prove wrongdoing or fail to secure a legal separation, and disputes over properties and assets have led many people to bitter feelings and the loss of goals.

The inherent bias that you often find in the divorce court system has roots in the fact that mothers used to stay home and raise children in most households, while men used to go to work and provide for their families. A lot of courts still prefer to give mothers custody of the children, sometimes ignoring fathers' rights entirely.

There are a lot of problems here, one of which is that the work landscape has changed. Women work more often than they did in the 1950s. Men stay at home with the kids more often. Even so, you may find that your rights still get ignored in court, even when it doesn't seem to make logical sense.

Parents always have responsibilities to their children, and they can extend into a child's adulthood as well. However, while they are below the age of 18, children are also subject to parents' rights. These include time to raise and spend time with them, as well as decisions about important issues like education and health care.

Divorce can complicate these rights under Nebraska law as it often does in other states as well. Parents can find themselves having to argue for time with and authority over children in court. This may also be true if a man believes he is the father of a child and sues over paternity claims.