Establishing children's wishes and feelings for family court reports: The significance attached to the age of the child

Childhood

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 499-518

  Mantle, Greg ^a   Leslie, Jane ^b   Parsons, Sarah ^b   Plenty, Jackie ^a   Shaffer, Ray ^c  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CAFCASS   (United Kingdom)

^c CAFCASS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Competence; Divorce; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845254997     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: 14617013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568206068560     Document Type: Article

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