e. The mother is verbally abusive or is lying). This is problematic, because it means that the children could be given custody to a dysfunctional parent without the court knowing what is happening. (Weiner, 2003, pg. 183)
In the case of the father, the advantages of these legal standards are that the court is looking at what is most stable for the child. As, the mother will have a special bond with them and could be more stable in looking out for their best interests. However, the disadvantage with this approach is that the father may be more emotionally and financially stable. The fact that the court is making this kind of assumption means that they could be automatically assuming that the mother is the best parent to raise the child. However, when you look beneath the surface the father could be more stable and capable of providing the best guidance. These different elements are important because, they are illustrating how this standard is using blanket assumptions that one parent is more suitable over the other. Yet, they do not look at specific situations that can have an effect on the child on a case by case basis. This means that court could be inadvertently favoring one parent over the other. (Weiner, 2003, pg. 183)
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