Why doesn't she have a child support order?: Personal choice or objective constraint

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 547-557

  Huang, Chien Chung ^a   Pouncy, Hillard ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support enforcement; Child support order; Nonresident fathers; Single mothers

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844559628     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2005.00339.x     Document Type: Review

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