Dividing the child : social and legal dilemmas of custody /

Dividing the child : social and legal dilemmas of custody /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Maccoby, Eleanor E., 1917-2018
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1992.
Description:	xi, 369 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Divorce -- California -- Longitudinal studies. Custody of children -- California -- Longitudinal studies. Divorce -- United States Custody of children -- United States Divorced parents -- United States -- Family relationships. Custody of children. Divorce. Divorced parents -- Family relationships. California. United States. Longitudinal studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1349582

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Other authors / contributors:	Mnookin, Robert H.
ISBN:	0674212940 (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [355-363]) and index.

Table of Contents:

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Understanding the Processes of Divorce
3. Characteristics of the Families Studied
4. Initial Residence and Visitation
5. Child Custody: What Parents Want and Get
6. The Economic Provisions of the Divorce Decree
7. Conflict over the Terms of the Divorce Decree
8. Continuity and Change in Children's Residence and Visitation
9. Parenting and Co-parenting Apart
10. Economic Changes over Time
11. Facing the Dilemmas of Child Custody
Appendix A. Supplementary Tables
Appendix B. Methods
Notes
References
Index