Israel Removes Biased Child Custody Law Against Fathers, Dads Address False Abuse Charges

Israel Removes Biased Child Custody Law Against Fathers, Dads Address False Abuse Charges

For many divorced fathers in Israel, the declaration yesterday by Israel Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman that divorced parents must now share custody of children, may have come too late. Neeman has accepted recommendations by the Schnit Committee that joint parental custody be ordered in divorce cases involving young children, which the law defines as those up to age 6. Until now, most divorced fathers became visitors, being limited to seeing their children only a few hours a week.