Overcoming Gender Bias in Child Custody Cases: A reflection on the Outdated Maternal preference or tender age rule
The maternal preference rule, also known as the tender years doctrine, was a legal presumption that mothers should have custody of young children after divorce or separation. This doctrine embodied the sexist belief that mothers were innately better caregivers than fathers by virtue of being female. The rule has now been widely abolished due to […]
Racist and Unconstitutional Children’s Act – Prejudicing Black Fathers in South Africa
Unpacking Section 21 of the Children’s Act: A Constitutional Analysis on Black Fathers’ Rights The issue at hand revolves around Section 21(d) of the Children’s Act, which imposes specific legal and financial requirements on black fathers, potentially leading to damages payments under customary law. This situation raises concerns regarding the potential violation of constitutional principles […]
Outrage South African fathers are still unconstitutionally prejudiced in the current legal system.
Fathers Demand Equal Rights: Why South Africa’s Children Deserve Automatic Equal Contact With Both Parents The Children’s Act and related legislation are unconstitutional and discriminatory against unmarried fathers and their children in several respects. Section 10 of the Births and Deaths Registration Act prevented unmarried fathers from registering their child’s birth or giving their surname […]
Unveiling the Unjust: Navigating False Protection Orders in the South African Justice System
In the tumultuous landscape of the South African justice system, a disconcerting reality emerges: a system seemingly skewed against fathers, with protection orders wielded as a potent weapon. It is the considered opinion of Fathers 4 Justice that false protection orders (allegedly between 52% and 90%) are used as a weapon or silver bullet to […]