The stability of child physical placements following divorce: Descriptive evidence from Wisconsin

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-283

  Berger, Lawrence M ^a   Brown, Patricia R ^a   Joung, Eunhee ^a   Melli, Marygold S ^a   Wimer, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child custody; Living arrangements; Physical custody; Physical placement; Shared custody; Shared placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849117334     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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