An exploratory study of grandparents' and stepgrandparents' financial obligations to grandchildren and stepgrandchildren

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-58

  Ganong, Lawrence H ^a   Coleman, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial responsibilities; Intergenerational obligations; Step(grandparents)

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842687134     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407598151003     Document Type: Article

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