CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES:: Issues and Reviews

Family Court Review

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-428

  Venohr, Jane C ^a   Griffith, Tracy E ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

child support; child support guidelines; low income noncustodial parents; low income nonresidential parents; shared custody

Indexed keywords

EID: 85165423956     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2005.00043.x     Document Type: Article

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