Patterns of child support compliance in Wisconsin

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 309-318

  Meyer, Daniel R ^a   Bartfeld, Judi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support; Compliance; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040843578     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353850     Document Type: Article

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