Parenting arrangements after separation
Summary of the findings from studies of post-separation parenting outcomes, including family law case files analyses and surveys of separated parents.
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Summary of the findings from studies of post-separation parenting outcomes, including family law case files analyses and surveys of separated parents.
Around 43 per cent of children under the age of 13 grow up in complex families.
Explores the behaviour of separated parents by exploring the psychology of post-separation parental disputes and then interrogating three data sets.
Compares the experiences of parents who had separated either before or after the family law reforms were introduced.
This paper describes the characteristics of families using Children’s Contact Services, and outlines key issues for service provision in this area
Presents findings from Wave 3, conducted in 2012 with 9,028 parents five years after separation.
This AIFS book explore some of the complexities of the child and family issues facing those working in social policy and legal systems
This report reviews the literature on life events experienced by families and ways in which they prepare for and/or deal with them
This report analyses the effect of receipt of child support payments on the labour supply of resident mothers
The evaluation assessed the extent to which, by 2009, the changes to the family law system had been effective in achieving the policy aims
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