Compliance with child support orders in divorce cases

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 201-212

  Meyer, Daniel R ^a   Bartfeld, Judi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support; Divorce; Fathers; Single parent families

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842611456     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353388     Document Type: Article

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