well there is the presumption about bonding etc. being right from the womb, but I'm not so sure about that (in the extreme case) lets say the kid was taken right at birth to someone else then would the kid still have a bond with the biological mother.
In this day and age, the courts system is still a bit behind, and based on precedent still awards custody to the mother often even in times when the father might be more suitable. Thus the kid ending up with the mother more often may not always be because the mother is more suitable but because of precedent so to speak. Exerting paternity rights is actually pretty tough.
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