” but whether the biological family had the means to care for the child.”
That should almost always be one of the deciding factors in a custody battle. The parent who works and pays the majority of the bills should be the one with primary custody.
no, the one who has time to care for her is most likely to have custody
As opposed to the parent who has actually had primary care of the child?
That standard is too arbitrary. Many adults voluntarily give up career to care for their children as an agreement within their marriage, only to have the breadwinner later hook up with another person and then try to take the children away -- "change partners and dance" -- as if the marriage and childcare agreement never existed. Yet children do so much better if at least one parent can focus on their development instead of shuttling them off to a series of paid "caregivers".
The fact is, God hates divorce. He also advises against premarital sex. That way, people don't just get involved and then try to decide if they are the right partners to go the distance with each other. But that's the modern way. Grown people with no morals think they can have it all -- uncommitted sex, personal advancement, preferences and whims, with no sacrifice. Then they hit a bump in the road and start ripping up their children's lives and breaking their hearts, permanently.
Just no.