Influence of child and family factors on judicial decisions in contested custody cases

Family Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 180-188

  Wallace, Sara R ^a   Koerner, Susan Silverberg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child custody; Family; Judicial decisions; Law

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037997173     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2003.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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