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Is the court more likely to grant custody to a mother than a father?
Is the court more likely to grant custody to a mother than a father?
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when it comes to deciding which parent
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is better able to provide for the needs
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of a child
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we’re finding more and more that judges
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are not looking at gender
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in determining whether that means better
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parent
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the official stance of the state of
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texas is that
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judges are unbiased and they operate
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with really an eye on what’s best for
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that particular child in that particular
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situation
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and so we’re finding that courts are not
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more likely to grant custody to
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a mother because she’s a female or a
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father because he’s a male
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but that they truly are taking into
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consideration what is best
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for the individual needs of that family
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and the individual needs of the child
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which is a great change on the horizon
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of family law for
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for all of our clients
Houston, TX family law attorney Tesha Peeples discusses whether the court is more likely to grant custody to a mother than a father.
