I read another BSC, this time Dawns autobiography. It does not say what her dad does. But her parents split up and her mum leaves california to live in conneticut, taking Dawn and her brother with with her. Her mother then marries her childhood sweetheart and Dawn acquires a stepsister - Mary Anne, another club member.
But then Dawn decides to return with her brother to California to stay with their dad for good, and her dad remarries
?! I dont really get why her parents split up, in the books fights are mentioned but it doesnt seem like her mother is physically abused, but then why would she go to the other side of the country (where her mother grew up?) Or maybe its just arguments.
However Dawn is not specific about what happens. I thought in divorce, couples go to court and the judge decides for them.
Divorce as portrayed in the Babysitters club books is just some random thing parents do that just means a change of address, and two houses/homes. Which actually brings benefits, cos the kids then get two of everything.