Parental rights has always meant the Mother’s rights. It’s about time Father’s rights were figured into the equation.
Traditionally, until the mid 20th century, the father’s rights were always supreme. Why do you think it changed? What would be the proper balance?
I’m sure the dad will get custody. I have friends who were foster parents to a new born baby. They took care of the baby straight from the hospital after the birth for an entire year. They couldn’t wait to adopt her, but the grandmother decided at the last minute she wanted to adopt the baby (took grandma a year to make up her mind, but she did). Custody was given to the grandmother, my friends were heartbroken, but this is what happened. (They later ended up adopting a beautiful baby girl from China : )
Actually, I think that unless father is married to mom, he has no rights. Sperm donor only. Men who are not married to moms should never have parental rights, instead the woman should be pressured to give up custody of the child to adoption.