Children of high-conflict custody disputes: Striving for social justice in adult-focused litigation

Social Thought

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 205-219

  Flory, Barbara E ^a   Berg Weger, Maria ^b  

^a Heritage House Provident Counseling   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; High conflict divorce; Law; Social services; Supervised access custody exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248604276     PISSN: 0099183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2003.9960350     Document Type: Article

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