Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ350446
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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Joint Custody: Affirming that Parents and Families Are Forever.
Elkin, Meyer
Social Work, v32 n1 p18-24 Jan-Feb 1987
Asserts that sole custody has not met the needs of the divorced family. Discusses the benefits of joint custody as an alternative that more realistically defines the postdivorce relationship between the child and both parents. The linkage between joint custody and divorce mediation is also discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Custody, Childhood Needs, Divorce, Family Relationship, Parent Child Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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