Stepparents: De facto parents or legal strangers?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 507-522

  Mason, Mary Ann ^a   Harrison Jay, Sydney ^a   Svare, Gloria Messick ^b   Wolfinger, Nicholas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0036268889     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X02023004003     Document Type: Article

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