Movement Fathers Rights Mother Custody Child Family Wife

The fathers' rights movement is a "movement" (an organized effort to change society in some way) to help fathers "obtain" (get; have) the same "rights" (abilities to have or do something under the law) as mothers. The most active members of the movement "generally" (usually; normally) tend to be "divorced" (with a marriage that has ended) fathers or fathers who never married the mother of their children.

The fathers' rights movement is "primarily" (mostly) "concerned with" (interested in) family law, making sure that fathers are considered for "child custody" just as much as mothers are. In other words, when a "married couple" (husband and wife) divorce, the judge should consider "awarding custody" (stating that a child will live with a particular person) to the mother and/or the father, without automatically "assuming" (believing something without having all the facts) that the mother should "have custody" (be allowed to have the child live with her).

The fathers' right movement is also concerned with "child support" (payments made to an "ex-spouse" (a former husband or wife) to help pay for the expenses of raising a child). The movement wants to make sure that the amount of child support payments are "reasonable" (not too high) and that those payments are used to "benefit" (help; provide advantages to) the children rather than the ex-spouse.

Another issue that is important to the fathers' right movement is "paternal rights," or the idea that a father should be allowed to stay home for a period of time with a "newborn" (a very young baby) without "jeopardizing" (putting in danger) his job.