Fathers’ Rights
If you’re heading into a divorce, custody dispute, or paternity case, understanding your rights early makes a real difference — fathers who come in informed and prepared tend to have far better outcomes than those who trust the process to sort itself out.
This section covers the practical basics: what to expect before, during, and after a case; how to establish paternity; protecting your credit and your relationship with your kids; and where to get help.
A Divorce Checklist
A practical checklist of what to ask for and watch out for before, during, and after a divorce or custody case.
Read more →Fathers’ Bill of Rights
A fathers'-rights advocacy platform on federal and state family-law reform (not an official FER position).
Read more →Fathers’ Rights to School Records
Your legal right, as a non-custodial parent, to access your child's school and medical records.
Read more →Your Credit Rating and Divorce
How to protect your credit during and after a divorce, and what your decree does and doesn't cover.
Read more →A Man’s Choice
The "choice for men" debate: should fathers have a limited window to decline parental financial obligation?
Read more →Establishing Paternity
How paternity gets legally established in Texas, and what to know before signing an Acknowledgment of Paternity.
Read more →I Don’t Think I’m The Father
What happens if you're named as a father in a paternity case and you're not sure you're the biological parent.
Read more →She Won’t Let Me Have Visitation
How to seek visitation rights when paternity hasn't yet been legally established.
Read more →Recording Your Phone Calls
Texas is a one-party consent state for recording calls — here's what that means, and how to make a recording usable in court.
Read more →Children Made Fatherless By Family Courts
Commentary on the push for equal-custody presumptions in family courts, by Phyllis Schlafly.
Read more →Dr. Warren Farrell
About author and researcher Dr. Warren Farrell, whose work focuses on fathers' involvement after divorce.
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