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Do Alameda judges favor moms in custody cases? – AttorneyBernie.Com

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Yeah. Hi, this is attorney Bernie again. You know, often uh clients ask me whether moms are favored in California in divorce cases and in custody cases. The answer is actually no. But the practice is different. The reason moms end up with a lot of custody is because they are generally speaking the uh primary caretakers and that is because of a political injustice. Dads usually, not always, earn more. So both mom and dad decide that dad’s going to go out and work hard and mom’s going to stay

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home and take care of the kids. But I’ve had many cases where the reverse is true, where the dad is the stay-home parent and the mom has not been and then the dad will be the primary custodian when the custody issue comes before the

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