Split custody as a viable post-divorce option

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 1-19

  Hawthorne, Bruce ^a  

^a The Australian Psychological Society Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Access; Adjustment; Custody; Divorce; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008812584     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v33n03_01     Document Type: Article

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