I wrote here a few weeks ago about former James Bond/actor George Lazenby and his desire to have sole legal and physical custody of his three children with former tennis star Pam Shriver. Lazenby is almost 70 years old and I would be surprised if this was anything other than a public relations move in response to Shriver’s accusations of alcohol abuse and general parental unfitness.
But the whole thing got me to thinking about other celebrity dads who got physical custody of the kids after a split. There aren’t many, that’s for sure. And some of them are very “interesting” situations to say the least.
Once upon a time, most states had “tender years” laws which presumed that a child’s mother was the appropriate caregiver for a child “of tender years” – a.k.a. a young child. Although many will argue that some judges still consider the mother the presumptively correct caregiver, the laws have fallen by the wayside. The courts must award custody in a manner that they believe to be in the best interests of the child.
But it is still rather unusual for a father to have sole physical custody of the kids. So, which daddies got the kids?
Who have we missed in our list? Feel free to let us know who we’ve left out!