For a long time, it was almost expected that after a separation, the parents would fight over who got “custody” of the children, but changes were made to the law in 2006 to promote the idea of “equal shared parental responsibility”. These changes were designed to give children the right to a meaningful relationship with both their parents and the ability to spend significant, if not equal amounts of time with both their parents. That was the theory and sadly it has left many fathers disappointed and disillusioned.