Your case notwithstanding, 4PackGirl, it is a fact that the overwhelming majority of courts are skewed in favor of the mother. In many jurisdictions, they are required to do so. The laws of countries like Australia are particularly onerous. Domestic assault, for example, is defined as a man's-only crime in that country; a man
cannot be charged with domestic violence. Moreover, the police are obligated by law to take the word of the woman against the man, no matter how the situation might appear to them.
That's not gender equality. That's preferential treatment.
I personally believe that the average single father is a better parent than the average single mother. After all, it's not a mother the typical convict is missing -- it's a father.
In your case, 4PackGirl, and others like yours, I can understand why the courts are so reluctant to take your word against the father's. By your own admission, you
knew "what he was" when you married him. You stayed with him for a number of years -- you even had more than one child with him. Now you want the court to believe he is suddenly a greater threat and should be deprived of his rights? I applaud the courts for their caution. This isn't the 1980s anymore, when children were stripped from their parents on the slightest provocation. I'm glad that reign of terror is ended.