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Deadbeat dads : a national child support scandal

Author: Marcia Mobilia Boumil; Joel Friedman
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This book explores the history, reforms, and consequences of child support in America. The authors have included case studies as well as discussions on the psychological consequences of separating families, effects of divorce laws on the award of child support, contested paternity, and child custody alternatives. They conclude with a discussion on economic responsibility and the deadbeat epidemic. The book is
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Boumil, Marcia Mobilia.
Deadbeat dads.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1996
(OCoLC)605359442
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Marcia Mobilia Boumil; Joel Friedman
ISBN: 0275951251 9780275951252
OCLC Number: 32856364
Description: xii, 149 p. ; 22 cm.
Contents: The deadbeat epidemic: a new generation of neglected children --
Children of divorce: the psychological consequences of divorce and absent parents --
The effect of fault and no-fault divorce laws on child support --
When paternity is contested --
Legal guidelines for establishing and enforcing child support awards --
Child custody alternatives and their impact on the payment of support --
Deadbeat dads and single moms: who they are --
Social relationships, economic responsibility, and the deadbeat epidemic.
Responsibility: Marcia Mobilia Boumil and Joel Friedman.

Abstract:

This book explores the history, reforms, and consequences of child support in America. The authors have included case studies as well as discussions on the psychological consequences of separating families, effects of divorce laws on the award of child support, contested paternity, and child custody alternatives. They conclude with a discussion on economic responsibility and the deadbeat epidemic. The book is intended to empower the larger number of parents who are.

caught in the midst of over-worked agencies, discouraging tales, and the lack of information that keeps them paralyzed from acting on their own behalf.

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