In the United States, as part of a patriarchal system of law, divorced fathers were automatically given custody of their children until the century.

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In the mid-nineteenth century, there was a shift in custody laws that gave mothers a better chance at gaining custody of their children after a divorce. Prior to this, fathers were generally given automatic custody as part of a patriarchal system of law.

In the United States, as Part of a Patriarchal System