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Peer reviewedChristensen, Bryce – Society, 2001
Asserts that instead of putting children at risk through more costly and politically problematic child support enforcement strategies, policymakers should reinforce rather than undermine the social ideal of marriage. Discusses the logic of shotgun weddings, the results of no-fault divorces, punishment of innocent fathers by harsh child support…
Descriptors: Child Support, Divorce, Fathers, Marriage
Download full textKobayashi, Futoshi – 1999
Noting that fewer than half the single mothers in the United States receive complete and regular child support payments, this paper discusses reasons for unpaid child support, examines whether stricter enforcement of child support obligations will help solve the overall problem, and proposes another option for solving the problem of unpaid child…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Divorce
Till Death Do Us Part? Divorce in Canada = Jusqu'a ce que la mort nous separe? Le divorce au Canada.
McCloskey, Donna, Ed. – Transition, 1997
Statistics indicate that the Canadian divorce rate has stabilized, at least for now. To avoid complacency about the flat divorce rate, this issue of "Transition," in both English- and French-language versions, examines the facts in the context of their impact on families. Part 1, "As Long as We Both Shall Love," looks at the…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Childhood Attitudes, Coping
Sharman, Phil, Ed. – Child Support Report, 1999
This document comprises the 12 issues for 1999 of the "Child Support Report," which explores problems related to child support enforcement, reports on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarizes research related to child support. Editorials and information on events and conferences of interest and…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Divorce
Sharman, Phil, Ed. – Child Support Report, 1998
This document is comprised of the 12 monthly issues of the 1998 "Child Support Report," which explores problems related to child support enforcement, reports on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarizes research related to child support. Editorials and information on events and conferences of…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Computer Assisted Instruction
Sharman, Phil, Ed. – Child Support Report, 2000
This document comprises the 12 issues for 2000 of the "Child Support Report," which explores problems related to child support enforcement, reports on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarizes research related to child support. Featured regularly are editorials and information on events of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Support, Child Welfare, Children
Peters, H. Elizabeth; Plotnick, Robert D.; Jeong, Se-Ook – 2001
This paper summarizes changes in key elements of welfare policy and in closely related policies on child support enforcement and sex education and family planning programs. Drawing on a conceptual framework that highlights how incentives created by public policy can affect demographic behaviors, the paper concludes that, as Congress intended,…
Descriptors: Abortions, Child Rearing, Child Support, Cohabitation
