Predictors of maternal preference for joint or sole legal custody

Family Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 93-101

  Wilcox, Kathryn L ^a   Wolchik, Sharlene A ^a   Braver, Sanford L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Divorce; Joint legal custody

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032331345     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/584855     Document Type: Article

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