Desperate divorced dads fighting for equal custody of their kids | 60 Minutes Australia

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A divorce is devastating enough but a custody battle -- well, that's something else again. And as nearly half of all marriages fail, you can imagine how many children end up in broken homes. These days, though, custody's just the beginning. After that comes access, the new family battleground. Currently, there's a general legal formula, usually the courts rule that the mother should have the children for 80 per cent of the time - the father, 20 per cent. But for many dads that's simply not fair. They want equal time. Fifty-fifty access.

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