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Because every child deserves their father.

It’s time to end the laws and court practices that treat fathers as optional.

How to get involved ↓Why Derek built this →

For the fathers who refuse to be erased.

Our position001

Fair custody is not about winning against the mother.

It is about refusing to let a child lose their father.

We stand against a system that pushes good fathers aside and leaves children paying the price.

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How to get involved

Take action
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Follow the movement, support the work, stay informed, or make your voice heard. Every action helps push equal father rights forward.

01Follow us

Stay connected to the movement.

Follow Fathers For Fair Custody for stories, policy updates, and ways to take action.

02Support our advocacy

Help fund fair-custody reform.

Your donation supports public education, advocacy, and the work to stop treating fathers as optional.

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Stay informed and ready to act.

Get new resources, policy updates, and clear ways to support equal father rights.

Join the newsletter↓04Advocate for policy changes

Email your state representative.

Find your elected officials and tell them to support equal parenting and fair family-court reform.

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Tools we built

Support for the record.
Connection beyond it.

The work does not stop at articles. These tools help families organize the difficult days and make the everyday moments count.

01 / Organize the facts

Custody Journal

Keep parenting time, communication, expenses, and important moments organized in one clear custody record.

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02 / Make connection personal

Goodnight, Little Hero

Create personalized bedtime stories that turn your child into the hero and make the nightly routine feel more personal.

Visit Goodnight, Little Hero ↗
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Why this is personal02 / 05
Not theory. Lived experience.

I spent $250,000 learning what nobody tells fathers.

Fathers For Fair Custody was not born in a boardroom. It grew out of years in family court, 186 legal documents, painful mistakes, and the refusal to stop being a dad.

Derek built the resource he needed at the beginning: clear information, practical preparation, and the truth from someone who has actually lived through it.

Read the full story →

I refuse to accept a system that can erase a good father from his child’s life and call it justice.

Derek Salyers, Founder
What we stand for

A movement with its priorities straight.

  1. 01

    Children first

    Every recommendation starts with stability, safety, and a child’s right to meaningful relationships.

  2. 02

    Present parents

    Children benefit when capable, loving fathers are supported in staying active in their everyday lives.

  3. 03

    Useful truth

    We choose practical preparation over rage, empty promises, or advice that creates more conflict.

Take action

Turn belief into presence.

Stay informed, make your voice count, or help keep practical resources available to the next father who needs them.

Follow the work
02 / Speak up

Make shared parenting impossible to ignore.

Find your representative and tell them children deserve meaningful relationships with both capable parents.

Find your representative ↗03 / Support the work

Help keep the work moving.

Your support helps fund practical resources, public education, and advocacy centered on children.

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From the blog

What nobody tells you.

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01
Start here

What I wish someone had told me before my custody battle started

8 min read↗02
Field guide

How to document everything during a custody battle

12 min read↗03
Real story

What $250,000 and two years in family court actually buys you as a dad

10 min read↗
The Forgotten Fathers book cover
The book

The Forgotten Fathers

A call for equal parenting in the modern age.

A direct challenge to the assumptions that push capable fathers to the margins, and a case for parenting policy built around children instead of outdated roles.

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Stay informed. Stay steady. Stay present.

Your child will remember that you kept showing up.

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