Legal Question in Family Law in Florida

Rights as a father?

In the past we found that generally mother's had preference over custody of the parties� minor child. However, in the last few decades we have seen a shift in the law as to not discriminate based on the sex of the parties. Florida Statute 61.13 states �After considering all relevant facts, the father of the child shall be given the same consideration as the mother in determining the primary residence of a child irrespective of the age or sex of the child.�