Research Catalog

Title

The custody wars : why children are losing the legal battle and what we can do about it / Mary Ann Mason.

Author

Mason, Mary Ann.

Publication

New York : Basic Books, c1999.

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Details

Description

x, 278 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

"In The Custody Wars Mary Ann Mason, one of the country's foremost family law experts, argues for the restoration of children's rights to the foreground of the custody debate. Mason tackles some of the toughest questions facing the courts today." "Should an abusive husband be given custody of his child? What about unwed fathers? Gay parents? Full-time working mothers? How much say should young children have in court?" "The Custody Wars is the first Book to construct a framework for considering all custody issues from a children's perspective and to offer proposals for changing the way disputes are settled. Drawing on a wealth of legal cases and psychological research - as well as the stories of families caught in these disputes - Mary Ann Mason presents a bold program for reform."--Jacket.

Subject

• Custody of children > United States
• Child support > Law and legislation > United States
• Children's rights
• Child welfare

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-269) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Are mothers losing the custody wars? -- Joint custody: Solomon's solution -- A voice for the child? -- Enter the unwed father -- Stepparents and other legal strangers -- Domestic violence: the hot zone of the custody wars -- Fit to be a parent? Gay and lesbian parents come out of the closet fighting -- Test tube troubles: custody in the age of new reproductive technology -- A place for the child.

ISBN

0465015328

LCCN

^^^98047890^

OCLC

• 40180804
• SCSB-9896268

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library