With the American legal system, if the children are young the female will most likely get custody.
First, you need to make sure the child is yours, than be the first to file for custody. The adultery is generally not considered an issue. see links below
The mother.
the father gets the custody of the child if the mother dies
Generally, the mother gets custody in Tennessee. Unless there are some horrible, provable reasons that the mother is unfit to have custody. I have been through this very situation myself. Tennessee is a Mother's Rights state.
In most breakups it is the mother who gets custody, however, the legal basis for deciding who gets custody is the welfare of the child, so if the father can demonstrate that he is a better parent, he can get custody.
If they are legally married, the father gets rights until mother gets out of prison, after that it is up to the state. If not legally married, they go into state custody.
The courts will determine who gets custody of the child. The courts will consider what is in the best interest of the child.
The mother has presume sole custody and control, regardless of the circumstances in all states.
Custody was resolved. Mrs. Jackson (Michael's Mother) gets custody. Debbie Rowe gets visitation and continued Spousal support, even though MJ is deceased, she will continue to get it anyways.
I believe that the mother should get custody and she gives the father a schedule to be on.
The mother, unless proven to be unfit or incpable of caring for the children, and regardless of her marital status, invariably gets custody after a divorce.
No, a man does not always get custody. If one of the people in a marriage has an affair, it is usually the person not having an affair that gets custody of the child or children.For example, if the husband is having an affair, and the wife wants a divorce, the woman (wife) would get the custody of the child or children, and not the man (husband). This is the same vice versa, too.
In most states, the biological mother receives presumptive custody unless and until modified by court order.