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Mothers on trial : the battle for children and custody / Phyllis Chesler.

by Chesler, Phyllis.

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Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books, c2011.

Custody of children -- United States.

Mothers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.

9781556529993 (pbk.)

1556529996 (pbk.)

xxiii, 488 p. ; 23 cm.

Rev. and updated 2nd ed.

A historical overview -- A contemporary overview -- What is a "fit" mother or father? : an "unfit" mother or father? : who decides? -- Do "good enough" mothers still lose custody of their children in North America today? : the results of an original study -- The "sexual" mother : Anna Karenina today -- The "uppity" mother -- The lesbian mother -- The mother married to a violent man -- Paternal brainwashing -- The "voluntarily" noncustodial mother -- The price of battle : mothers encounter the psychological and economic law -- The mother-lawyer relationship -- The mother-judge and father-judge relationships -- Court-enabled incest in the 1980s and 1990s -- Court-enabled incest in the twenty-first century -- Legal torture from 1986 to 2010 -- The international custody situation -- The fathers' supremacist movement from the 1980s to 2010 -- Contemporary legal trends, part I : joint custody, mediation, incest, and parental alienation -- Contemporary legal trends, part II : mental illness, gay and lesbian custody surrogacy, and the primary caretaker -- Mothers' wisdom : philosophical perspectives on having and losing children -- Mothers' voices, written on the wind : what is a custody battle really about? -- What to expect when you're expecting a divorce : an interview with divorce lawyer, Susan L. Bender.

Overview: Completely updated and revised for the twenty-first century, Mothers on Trial remains the bible for all women facing custody battles, as well as the lawyers, psychologists, and others who support them. This landmark book was the first to break the false stereotype about mothers getting preferential treatment over fathers when it comes to custody. In this new edition, Chesler shows that, with few exceptions, the news has only gotten worse: when both the father and the mother want custody, the father usually gets it. The highly praised Mothers on Trial is essential reading for anyone concerned personally or professionally with custody rights and the well-being of our children.

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