This review describes the characteristics of fatherhood after divorce, provides insight into significant factors related to the quality of the father-child relationship after divorce, and deals with the correlation between fatherhood characteristics and the psychological well-being of the child. The paper presents findings on weakening of the fatherhood quality after divorce. Fathers' involvement in parenting after divorce is rather low, which is related to the practice of assigning custody to mothers (e.g. Braver & Griffin, 2000). The decline in the quality of fatherhood associated with physical separation from the child may be less prominent in fathers that have the desire and motivation to be in contact with the child, financial stability and higher education (Shevchenko, 2016). Indifferent and permissive parenting styles, as well as weaker expression of support and beneficial control towards the child may be associated with a decline in the quality of fatherhood after divorce (e.g., Bastaits et al., 2012). An important factor in shaping fatherhood is also the mother, who can positively direct the child's relationship with the father after divorce through quality co-parenting, or negatively, through actions that contribute to the child's alienation from the father (e.g., Markham et al., 2007). Weakened father-child relationship after divorce is associated with the occurrence of internalized and externalized problems in children that can hinder their socio-emotional development and psychological well-being (e.g. Nielsen, 2011).