Going through a divorce is often a difficult process for both spouses, but, in some cases, men feel as if they get the "short end of the stick." This might be especially true for men who have children and are involved in a child custody dispute. Overall, divorce...
Fathers’ Rights
The task of proving unseen abuse in a custody dispute
If you ask ten different people what kind of evidence would be permissible in court, you would likely get several different answers. It seems that everyone has their own opinion about what is "legal" when it comes to proving abuse allegations, whether they be verbal...
Fighting gender bias in a judicial decision
Even today, when one would think gender bias no longer exists, it still runs rampant in our U.S. court systems. Numerous studies have shown that even more so than lay people, judges tend to default to implicit bias when making decisions regarding matters in which...
Having involved dads helps children in school
As this blog has discussed on previous occasions, the presence of fathers in their children's lives has a number of important benefits for both the dads and their kids. This is one reason why our law firm dedicates its time and attention to helping men establish and...
A father’s right to a fair child support payment
In the discussion about an Omaha, Nebraska father's rights, one point that can easily get lost is the right of a father to have a child support obligation that is both fair to his child and to him.In other words, while dads should provide for their child's needs by...
Limitation on custody, visits after sex offenses
Like other states, Nebraska takes sex offenses, particularly those involving children, very seriously. Those accused of such crimes often wind up in prison for a long time. Even if they do not, however, their rights, including their rights to custody and parenting,...
What happens if my child’s mother passes away?
It is a sad reality that sometimes a child's mother will die while the child is still young, and this can happen in situations where the father of the child is not living in the same household.While the most important thing in the immediate aftermath of such a tragedy...
Study suggests modest progress in fathers’ rights
A recent analysis of Census data suggests that dads may have made some progress, albeit slight, in showing courts that they are willing to and capable of being strong parental figures for their children. The study showed that there are, as of 2017, about 24 million...
Can I claim my kids on my income taxes?
The big part of fathers' rights entails a dad's being able to have a say in his children's lives and build up a relationship with them.However, fathers' rights also include the right of a dad to share in some of the financial benefits of having children, and this...
Report: Gender bias in custody cases is alive and well
Some residents of Omaha, Nebraska, may think that the old notion that a mother is, generally speaking, the best caregiver for a child is no longer relevant in parenting time and child custody decisions.However, according to a relatively recent study that involved the...

