Under the United States Constitution and Arizona law, fathers enjoy parental rights and have an equal legal chance at child custody. What is the challenge for fathers? In Arizona, they were successful in establishing their fathers’ rights.

Don’t give in on parenting difficulties if you want to keep establishing a loving, meaningful relationship with your child. Prepare to battle for equal or almost equal parenting time if you desire it. Have a planned parenting plan available if you wish to be involved in your child’s life. If you desire more than sporadic weekend visits, establish your parental time rights as the child’s father.

For parents who want to spend a lot of time with their kids, custody statistics are improving. This pattern is expected to continue in 2021. Through family court processes and parenting arrangements, we assist dads in cementing their responsibilities as caretakers for their children. 

Many fathers feel excluded from their children’s lives. The mother is either restricting their parenting time, providing it on an irregular basis, or refusing them visitation with their child outright. This is both upsetting and harmful to both the father and the child.

Recognizing men’s rights and capacities as parents, courts are increasingly awarding fathers shared legal decision-making custody and equal parenting time, as well as sole custody in some cases.

Shared childcare obligations are nothing out of the usual, whether it’s a moral decision, a financial need, or a lifestyle choice. The stay-at-home Dad isn’t an outlier, though. Joint parenting responsibilities have become the norm. This isn’t to say that securing a desirable custody arrangement is a walk in the park for everyone; it isn’t.

Father’s Rights

Divorced parents with shared legal decision-making and parenting time are the majority in Arizona today. Dads now have sole legal decision-making authority and up to 182 days of parenting time, considerably more than their forefathers could have imagined. 

In every custody dispute, the court weighs the child’s best interests against each parent’s right to privacy under the Fourteenth Amendment. The father should devote all available resources to fulfilling his constitutionally protected, fundamental right to raise his own kid for the greatest possible outcome. 

Parenting Time

A father has the right to request majority, equal, or less parenting time than the other parent. Parenting time guarantees that he gets consistent, regular, and meaningful contact with his child. Even though the other parent has sole legal decision-making authority, Dad has a right to parenting time. 

To protect the kid, a father worried about the child’s well-being while in the other parent’s care might request supervised custody and parenting time for the other parent. He also has the option of asking the court to punish the other parent for interfering with his parenting time.

Child Custody

The father has the right to present supporting evidence on each child custody issue to help the court in selecting a favorable parenting arrangement. The court considers all relevant information to determine what is in the best interests of the kid and what is best for the child’s physical and emotional well-being.

Rights under a Parenting Plan

If no agreement can be achieved after talking and resolving the matter with the other parent, the father has the right to offer his own parenting plan. This can include the option of making single or joint legal decisions, his wishes for the child’s personal care, education, health care, and religious education. It also includes a parenting schedule and his willingness to share parenting time. 

Under a parenting plan there’s also his method for relocating, resolving disputes, and breaching contracts through mediation, conciliation, or private counseling. In addition, the strategy will be reviewed on a regular basis and recommended adjustments will be made.

Making Legal Decisions

The father might ask for shared or exclusive legal decision-making custody. If he is the only legal decision maker, he is responsible for the child’s upbringing, which includes schooling, care, medical treatment, and religious instruction.