If a child is less than two years old, will it be awarded to the mother? Is there any hope for the man to fight for custody of the child?
This is not the case, the law stipulates that if a child is under two years of age, custody is generally awarded to the woman. If the woman suffers from mental illness, or has no ability to support and does not fulfill her support obligations, the custody of the child will most likely still be given to the child's father.
Xiaomei and Xiaoshuai were introduced to each other in September 2015, and held a wedding in December of the same year and began to live together In April 2016, the two applied for a marriage certificate and became a legal couple, and in December, their daughter was born. However, the arrival of her daughter did not make the life of the two sweeter, but continued to deepen the conflict between Xiaomei and her mother-in-law.
In January 2017, Xiaomei once again had a conflict with her mother-in-law about the care of the child, which led to a heated argument, and Xiaomei moved to her parents' house the next day, leaving her daughter to be taken care of by her mother-in-law and Xiaoshuai.
In March 2018, Xiaomei filed a divorce lawsuit with the court, asking the legitimate daughter to live with her, and Xiaoshuai to pay child support until the child is 18 years old. Xiaomei believes that her daughter is only more than a year old and is breastfeeding, so she should live with herself, and Xiaoshuai will pay child support every month.
Xiaoshuai agrees to the divorce, but disagrees with her daughter living with Xiaomei, thinking that her daughter should live with her. Xiaomei abandoned her daughter, who was less than two months old, and went back to her parents' house to live alone because of the conflict between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and failed to fulfill her mother's responsibilities, so her daughter should not be raised by her.
The court held that in this case, both parties agreed to divorce, and the reconciliation through mediation was invalid, indicating that the relationship between the husband and wife had indeed broken down, and the divorce should be granted. Children under the age of two generally live with their mothers, but the mothers do not fulfill their obligations to support them, and the father requires the children to live with them, and they can live with the father.
Regardless of the reason for Xiaomei's runaway, her behavior directly caused her breastfeeding daughter who was still breastfeeding to be unable to accept breastfeeding normally, and obviously failed to fulfill her mother's obligation to support her daughter.
If the man wants to fight for custody, he can prove his advantages from educational resources, financial support, nursing care, etc., in addition to proving that he has the ability to give the child better growth conditions, but also to prove that the other party is not suitable for raising the child, so that it will be more advantageous to fight for custody.
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