Divorce Plunged in Kentucky. Equal Custody for Fathers Is a Big Reason Why.

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'The dads were not all right.

It was 2017, and across Kentucky, divorced fathers were coming together against a common enemy: a custody system they felt favored their ex-wives.

Although custody laws in Kentucky and elsewhere granted judges discretion to decide what split was in a child’s best interest, aggrieved fathers claimed that this typically meant relegating them to the role of every-other-weekend “Disneyland dads,” forced to cram two days of fun into what mothers had two weeks to create.

“You become like ‘Uncle Dad’ instead of a parent,” said Rob Holdsworth, 53. In 2014, he reluctantly uprooted his life and civil-service career in Dayton, Ohio, to relocate to Bowling Green, where his ex-wife had moved with their two sons. He took the only job he could find—working nights in a soap factory—to see the boys just a few times a month.'