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Ottosen, Mai Heide – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2001
Examined whether legal ties between members in the nuclear family affect the father-child relationship after domestic breakup. Found no evidence that civil status could explain differences in the post-separation organization of parenting, but a sole legal custody arrangement from the child's birth may disfavor cohabiting fathers as future…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Court Litigation, Divorce, Family Structure