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Item #359

Mothers’ requests for sole legal custody granted at rate 65% higher than fathers’ requests granted

Topic: Divorce


Source

Citation: Impact of Divorce, Single Parenting and Stepparenting on Children: A Case Study of Visual Agnosia, ch. 4

Author(s): Clark, Hauser, Koel, Phear

Institution(s): Middlesex Divorce Research Group



Link: https://books.google.com/books?id=QwZ8AgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Impact+of+Divorce,+Single+Parenting,+and+Stepparenting+On+Children%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=mY4_Vb3XCdOmyASngYGgDw&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Impact%20of%20Divorce%2C%20Single%20Parenting%2C%20and%20Stepparenting%20On%20Children%22%20%22a%20comparison%20of%20joint%20and%20sole%20legal%20custody%20agreements%22&f=false





Nation(s): United States

Year(s): 2014

Source: Primary

Type: Statistical Analysis


Discussion

Other Notes:

Analysis of raw data: http://www.breakingthescience.org/SJC_GBC_analysis_intro.php#mbr_analysis | Incidentally, the study’s author said that the data do not demonstrate the court’s preference for one parent over the other in custody requests, and that the research was not designed to address the question of how frequently a parent’s request was honored

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