Parental rights in diverse family contexts: Current legal developments

Family Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 293-300

  Skinner, Denise A ^a   Kohler, Julie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STOUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Family; Law; Parental rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036805367     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2002.00293.x     Document Type: Review

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