8. Divorce, Separation and Child custody

(i) Key recent pieces on Australian family law

Brown, Thea. (2003). Fathers and Child Abuse Allegations in the Context of Parental Separation and Divorce. Family Court Review, 41(3), July.

 

Brown, Thea et. al. (1998). Child Abuse and the Family Court. Trends and Issues (Australian Institute of Criminology), No. 91.

 

Brown, T., M. Frederico, L. Hewitt, and R. Sheehan. (2001). The Child Abuse and Divorce Myth. Child Abuse Review, 10, pp. 113-124.

 

Humphreys, Catherine. (1999). ‘Walking on Eggshells’: Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Context of Divorce. In Jan Breckenridge and Lesley Laing. (eds). Challenging Silence: Innovative Responses to Sexual and Domestic Violence. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

 

Johnson, Carolyn Harris. (2005). Come with Daddy: A Study of Child Murder-Suicide after Separation. UWA Press.

 

Kaspiew, Rae. (2005). Violence in Contested Children’s Cases: An empirical exploration. Australian Journal of Family Law, 19, pp. 112-143.

 

Melville, Angela, and Rosemary Hunter. (2001). ‘As Everybody Knows’: Countering myths of gender bias in family law. Griffith Law Review, 1(1).

 

Moloney, Lawrie. (2000). Child-focused Parenting After Separation. Socio-legal developments and challenges. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 21, 2, 61-72.

 

Moloney, Lawrie. (2001). Do Fathers ‘Win’ Or Do Mothers ‘Lose’? A preliminary analysis of closely contested parenting judgements in the Family Court of Australia. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, 15, pp. 363-396.

 

Moloney, Lawrie. (2001). Researching the Family Law Act. A case of selective attention?. Family Matters, 59, Winter, 64-73.

 

Neilsen, Mary Anne, and Jennifer Norberry. (2006). Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 [Bill Digest]. Canberra: Information and Research Services, Parliamentary Library.

 

Parkinson, Patrick. (2005). The law of postseparation parenting in Australia. Family Law Quarterly, v.39 no.2, Summer: 507-525.

 

Rhoades, Helen. (2000). Posing as Reform: The Case of the Family Law Reform Act. Australian Journal of Family Law, 14: 142-159.

 

Rhoades, Helen. (2004). Contact Enforcement And Parenting Programmes -- Policy Aims In Confusion? Child and Family Law Quarterly, April, 16(1).

 

Rhoades, Helen, Reg Graycar, and Margaret Harrison. (2002). The Family Law Reform Act 1995: The first three years. University of Sydney & Family Court of Australia.

(ii) Recent international works

Allen, Rachel. (2006). Disorder in the Courts. NOW California.
Preface / Phyllis Chesler.
Introduction / Helen Grieco, Rachel Allen and Jennifer Friedlin.
Domestic Violence, What is that? One Woman’s Case and Her Fight for Justice / Karen Anderson.
Making a Mothers’ Movement / Dr. Lundy Bancroft.
Turning a Personal Battle into a Political Crusade,î an Interview with Karen Hartley-Nagle.
The Power of One in Alaska / Paige Hodson.
A Judge’s Perspective / an Interview with Sol Gothard.
Child Sexual Abuse and Child Custody Disputes / Dr. Robert Geffner, et. al.
Protective Mothers in Child Custody Disputes: A Study of Judicial Abuse / Dr. Geraldine Butts Stahly.
Toward Better Outcomes in Child Custody Disputes / Sharon Bass.
Joint Custody - A Failed Proposition for Women, Children… and Loving Fathers / Trish Wilson.
Down the Rabbit Hole: Legal Strategy in Protective Parent Cases / Kristin, Diane, and Charles Hofheimer.
Consequences of Covering the Courts / Kristin Lombardi.
The Making of ‘Small Justice: Little Justice in America’s Family Courts / Garland Waller.
What Breaking the Silence Means / an Interview with Filmmaker Dominique Lasseur.
The Protective Mothers’ Movement: An Activist’s Notes / Dr. Mo Therese Hannah.
Afterword: Activism is the Answer / Helen Grieco.

Bancroft, L., and J. Silverman. (2002). The Batterer As Parent: Addressing the impact of domestic violence on family dynamics. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

Bow, James N., and Paul Boxer. (2003). Assessing Allegations of Domestic Violence in Child Custody Evaluations. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 18, no. 12, pp. 1394-1410, December.

Boyd, Susan B. (2003). Child Custody, Law, and Women’s Work. Toronto: Oxford University Press.

Boyd, Susan B., and C. Young. (2002). Who Influences Family Law Reform? Discourses on Motherhood and Fatherhood in Legislative Reform Debates in Canada. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 26: 43-75.

Boyd, Susan B., and C. Young. (2004). Feminism, Law, and Public Policy: Family Feuds and Taxing Times. Osgoode Hall Law Journal, 42(4): 545-582.

Boyd, Susan B., Helen Rhoades, and Kate Burns. (1999). The Politics of the Primary Caregiver Presumption: A Conversation. Australian Journal of Family Law, 13: 233-263.

Collier, Richard, and Sally Sheldon. (eds.). (2006). Fathers’ Rights Activism and Law Reform in Comparative Perspective. Oxford: Hart.

Crowley, Jocelyn Elise. (2003). The Politics of Child Support in America. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Heiliger, Anita. (2003). Problems with Child Custody and Right of Access in Highly Controversial Cases. A Call for Decisions Enhancing the Child’s Well-Being. Diskurs, 13, 3, 62-68.

Humphreys, Cathy, and Ravi K. Thiara. (2003). Neither Justice nor Protection: Women’s Experiences of Post-Separation Violence. The Journal of Social Welfare & Family Law, 25, 3, pp. 195-214.

Johnson, Nancy E., Dennis P. Saccuzzo, and Wendy J. Koen. (2005). Child custody mediation in cases of domestic violence: empirical evidence of a failure to protect. Violence Against Women, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 1022-1053.

Kernic, Mary A., Daphne J. Monary-Ernsdorff, Jennifer K. Koepsell, and Victoria L. Holt. (2005). Children in the crossfire: Child custody determinations among couples with a history of intimate partner violence. Violence Against Women, Vol. 11, No. 8, August, pp. 991-1021.

Lemon, Nancy K.D., Peter Jaffe, and Samantha Poisson. (2002). Child Custody and Domestic Violence: A Call for Safety and Accountability. Sage.

Levin, Amy, and Linda G. Mills. (2003). Fighting for Child Custody When Domestic Violence Is at Issue: Survey of State Laws. Social Work, October, Vol.48, Iss. 4.

Morrill, Allison C., Jianya Dai, Samantha Dunn, Iyue Sung, and Kevin Smith. (2005). Child custody and visitation decisions when the father has perpetrated violence against the mother. Violence Against Women, Vol. 11, No. 8, pp. 1076-1107.

Murphy, Paul T., and Lisbeth T. Pike. (2003). The Columbus Pilot Project: Developing a Model for Cost-Outcome Analysis on Violence and Child Abuse Cases in the Family Court of Western Australia. Journal of Family Studies, 9(2), Oct., 235-247.

Neustein, Amy, and Michael Lesher. (2005). From Madness to Mutiny: Why Mothers Are Running from the Family Courts and What Can Be Done about It. Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Pruett, Marsha Kline, and Kyle D. Pruett. (eds.). (2003). Family Court Review, Special Issue: Separated and Unmarried Fathers and the Courts, July, Vol. 41 Issue 3, pp. 285-420.
Individual And Coparenting Differences Between Divorcing And Unmarried Fathers. Implications for Family Court Services / Glendessa M. Insabella, Tamra Williams, Marsha Kline Pruett.
Serving Fathers Who Leave Prison / Jessica Pearson, Lanae Davis.
Non-Child Support Expenditures On Children By Nonresidential Divorced Fathers. Results of a Study / William V. Fabricius, Sanford L. Braver.
Substance-Abusing Fathers In Family Court. Moving From Popular Stereotypes to Therapeutic Jurisprudence / Thomas J. McMahon, Francis D. Giannini.
Fatherhood: A Judicial Perspective. Unmarried Fathers and the Changing Role of the Family Court / Sharon S. Townsend.
View From The Bench / James V. Menno.
Fathers And Child Abuse Allegations In The Context Of Parental Separation And Divorce / Thea Brown.
Situated Identities Of Young, African American Fathers In Low-Income Urban Settings. Perspectives on Home, Street, and the System / Vivian L. Gadsden, Stanton E. F. Wortham, Herbert M. Turner.

Rhoades, Helen, and Susan B. Boyd. (2004). Reforming custody laws: A comparative study. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, V.18 no.2 Aug 2004: 119-146.

Smart, Carol. (2004). Equal Shares: Rights for fathers or recognition for children? Critical Social Policy, 24(4), pp. 484-503.

 

(iii) Other works

Abrahams, Patricia. (1986). Violence Against the Family Court: Its Roots in Domestic Violence. Australian Journal of Family Law, 1(1), August.

Alexander, Renata. (1997). Men, Myths and Family Law. XY: Men, Sex, Politics. (1997). Special Issue: Men and the Law, 7(2), Spring.

Alexander, Renata. (1999). Family Law in the Future. Alternative Law Journal, 24(3), June.

Alexander, Renata. (2006). Family law changes: privatising family violence. DVIRC Quarterly, No. 2, Winter: 6-10.

Australian Institute of Family Studies. (1986). Settling Up: Property and Income Distribution on Divorce in Australia, Victoria: Prentince-Hall.

Bahr, Stephen, Howe, Jerry, Mann, Meggin Morrill and Bahr, Matthew. (1994). Trends in Child Custody Awards: Has the Removal of Maternal Preference Made a Difference?. Family Law Quarterly, 28(2), Summer.

Behrens, Juliet. (1997). Violence and the Family Court. Women Against Violence: An Australian Feminist Journal, No. 2, June.

Berns, Sandra. (2006). Musings on the legal scene: law, populism and the politics of ressentiment. Australian Feminist Law Journal, v.25 Dec: 19-40.

Berns, Sandra S. (2005). Mothers-in-law: lying down for the father again. Hecate, 31(2): 78-89.

Bertoia, Carl, and Janice Drakich. (1993). The Fathers’ Rights Movement: Contradictions in Rhetoric and Practice. Journal of Family Issues, 14(4), December (Ontario).

Bickerdike, Andrew. (2006). Family dispute resolution: opportunities, risks and challenges in the new system. DVIRC Quarterly, no.2 Winter: 11-15.

Bordow, Sophy. (1992). Defended Custody Cases: Factors Influencing the Outcome. Family Court of Australia, Research Report no. 14.

Bow, James N., and Paul Boxer. (2003). Assessing allegations of domestic violence in child custody evaluations. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, December, 18(12).

Boyd, Susan B. (1997). Challenging the Public/Private Divide: Feminism, Law, and Public Policy. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

Boyd, Susan B. (2000). Can Child Custody Law Move Beyond the Politic of Gender? University of New Brunswick Law Journal, 49: 157-68.

Boyd, Susan. (1991). Some Postmodernist Challenges to Feminist Analyses of Law, Family and State: Ideology and Discourse in Child Custody Law. Canadian Journal of Family Law, 10(1), Fall.

Burgess, Adrienne. (2005). Bringing fathers back in: Child support in Australia. Public Policy Research, March. Volume 12 Issue 1.

Burret, Jill F. (1988). Child Access and Modern Family Law. Sydney: Law Book Company.

Carbone, June. (1992). Equality and Difference: Reclaiming Motherhood as a Central Focus of Family Law. Law and Social Inquiry, 17(3), Summer.

Carbonne, June. (2000). From Partners to Parents: The Second Revolution in Family Law. New York: Columbia University Press.

Collier, Richard. (1993). Masculinity, Law and Family. London: Routledge.

Collier, Richard. (2001). A Hard Time to be a Father? Reassessing the relationship between law, policy, and family (practices). Journal of Law and Society, 28(4), December.

Collier, Richard. (2003). Reflections on the Relationship Between Law and Masculinities: Rethinking the ‘man question’ in Legal Studies. Current Legal Problems, Vol. 56.

Coltrane, Scott, and Neal Hickman. (1992). The Rhetoric of Rights and Needs: Moral Discourse in the Reform of Child Custody and Child Support Laws. Social Problems, 39, pp. 400-420

Coltrane, Scott, and Michele Adams. (2003). The Social Construction of the Divorce “Problem”: Morality, child victims, and the politics of gender. Family Relations, 52, pp. 363-372.

Crowe, Nancy. (year?). Gender and Asset Settlements in Divorce Proceedings. Law and Courts [Newsletter of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.], 4(3), pp. 7-16.

Dalton, Clare, Susan Carbon, and Nancy Olesen. (2003). High conflict divorce, violence, and abuse: Implications for custody and visitation decisions. Juvenile & Family Court Journal, Fall, Vol. 54 Iss. 4.

Dunn, Judy, Helen Cheng, Thomas G. O’Connor, and Laura Bridges. (2004). Children’s perspectives on their relationships with their nonresident fathers: influences, outcomes and implications. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 45 Number 3, March.

Ellard, Jeanne. (1999). What’s Love Got to Do With It? Male Victims and the Family Court. In Playing The Man: New Approaches to Masculinity. Eds. Katherine Biber, Tom Sear, and Dave Trudinger. Sydney: Pluto Press.

Ellis, Desmond, and Noreen Struckless. (1996). Separation, Violence Towards Women and Other Outcomes: The Impact of Mediation and Lawyer Negotiations. London: Sage.

Erickson, Rebecca J., and Ginna M. Babcock. (1995). Men and Family Law: From Patriarchy to Partnership. Marriage & Family Review, Special Issue: Families and Law, 21, No’s 3/4.

Faller, Kathleen C. (2005). False accusations of child maltreatment: A contested issue. Child Abuse & Neglect, Volume 29, Issue 12, December: 1327-1331.

Field, Rachael. (2005). Federal family law reform in 2005: The problems and pitfalls for women and children of an increased emphasis on post-separation informal dispute resolution. Law and Justice Journal, v.5 no.1: 28-51.

Fineman, Martha A. (1987). The Uses of Social Science Data in Legal Policymaking: Custody Determinations at Divorce. Wisconsin Law Review. 1:107-58.

Fletcher, Joanna, and Samantha Horsfield. (2007). The tort of deceit and misrepresentations of paternity. Law Institute Journal, v.81 no.1 - no.2 Jan - Feb: 42-45.

Fohlberg, Jay. (ed.). (1991). Joint Custody and Shared Parenting. New York & London: Guilford (2nd edition).

Fox, Greer Litton, and Robert F. Kelly. (1995). Determinants of Child Custody Arrangements at Divorce. Journal of Marriage and the Family, Vol. 57, August, pp. 693-708.

Garfinkel, I., S.S. McLanahan, D.R. Meyer, and J.A. Seltzer. (eds.). (1998). Fathers Under Fire: The revolution in child support enforcement. New York: Sage.

Gatbonton, Theresa. (2004). Legal aid for domestic violence and family law: fact versus fiction. Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 2, December, pp. 11-12.

Genovese, Ann. (2006). Family histories: John Hirst v. Feminism, in the Family Court of Australia. Australian Feminist Studies, v.21 no.50, July: (173)-196.

Glendon, Mary Ann. (1989). The Transformation of Family Law: State, Law, and Family in the United States and Western Europe, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Goldstein, Jacob, and Abraham C. Fenster. (1994). Anglo-American Criteria for Resolving Child Custody Disputes From the Eighteenth Century to the Present: Reflections on the Role of Socio-Cultural Change. Journal of Family History, 19(1), pp. 35-56.

Goodman, Jacqueline. (2004). Mothers and Children: Caught in the Warzone. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 32, 163-196.

Graycar, Regina. (1989). Equal Rights versus Fathers’ Rights: The Child Custody Debate in Australia. In Smart, Carol and Sevenhuijsen, Selma. (eds). Child custody and the Politics of Gender. New York: Routledge.

Hancock, Linda. (1998). Reforming the Child Support Agenda? Who Benefits?. Just Policy, No. 12, March, pp. 20-31.

Harne, Lynne. (2003). Childcare, violence and fathering: Are violent fathers who look after their children less likely to abuse? In Klein, R. and Waller, B. (eds.) Gender, Conflict and Violence, Vienna, Studien Verlag Wien.

Harold, Gordon T. (2005). Inter-parental conflict and children’s adaptation to separation and divorce: Theory, research and implications for family law, practice and policy. Child and Family Law Quarterly, June, 17(2).

Harrisson, Margaret, and Teresa Tucker. (1986). Maintenance, Custody and Access. Chapter 14 in McDonald, Peter. (ed.). Settling Up: Property and Income Distribution on Divorce in Australia. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Prentice-Hall.

Hasche, Annette. (1989). Sex Discrimination in Child Custody Determinations. Australian Journal of Family Law, 3(3), December.

Horwill, F.M., and S. Bordow. (1983). The Outcome of Defended Custody Cases in the Family Court of Australia. Family Court of Australia, Research Report no. 4.

Huang, Chien-Chung. (2005). Pregnancy Intention from Men’s Perspectives: Does Child Support Enforcement Matter?. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, Volume 37, Number 3, September.

Hume, Marie. (2003). The Relationship Between Child Sexual Abuse, Domestic Violence and Separating Families. Paper presented at the Child Sexual Abuse: Justice Response or Alternative Resolution Conference, convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology, Adelaide, May 2003.

Hume, Marie. (1997). Child Sexual Abuse Allegations and the Family Court. Masters thesis, South Australia.

Jaffe, Peter G., Claire V. Crooks, and Samantha E. Poisson. (2003). Common misconceptions in addressing domestic violence in child custody disputes. Juvenile & Family Court Journal, Fall, Vol. 54 Iss. 4.

Johnson, Carolyn Harris. (2006). Familicide and family law: A study of filicide-suicide following separation. Family Court Review, v.44 no. 3, Jul: 448-463.

Johnson, Robert, and Melissa Honner. (2000). Current Changes to Child Support Arrangements: The Commonwealth’s ‘Second Wave’ Assault on Carer Parents and their Children. Paper to Community Legal Centres - Annual National Conference, 31 July - 03 August, Alice Springs, Central Australia.

Joint Select Committee on Certain Family Law Issues. (1994). The Operation and Effectiveness of the Child Support Scheme. Canberra: Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia, November.

Juby, Heather, Celine Le Bourdais, and Nicole Marcil-Gratton. (2005. Sharing Roles, Sharing Custody? Couples’ Characteristics and Children’s Living Arrangements at Separation. Journal of Marriage and Family, February, Vol. 67, Iss. 1.

Kaganas, F. (2002). Shared Parenting - a 70% Solution? Child and Family Law Quarterly, 14(4), pp. 365-379.

Kaspiew, Rae. (2005). Mothers, Fathers and Parents: The Construction of Parenthood in Contemporary Family Law Decision Making. PhD thesis, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne.

Katter, Norman A. (1987). Conduct, Fault and Family Law. Sydney: Law Book Company.

Kelly, Joan B., and Janet R. Johnston. (2001). The alienated child: A reformulation of parental alienation syndrome. Family Court Review, July, Vol. 39, Iss. 3. [Plus commentary by Gardner, and rejoinder by Kelly and Johnston].

King, Valarie, and Holly E. Heard. (1999). Nonresident father visitation, parental conflict, and mother’s satisfaction: What’s best for child well-being?. Journal of Marriage and the Family, May, Vol. 61, Iss. 2.

Kruk, Edward. (1992). Child Custody Determination: An Analysis of the Litigation Model, Legal Practices, and Men’s Experiences in the Process. Journal of Men’s Studies, 1(2), November, pp. 163-185.

Law Reform Commission. (1994). Violence and Family Law. Chapter 9 in Equality Before the Law: Justice for Women, Report No. 69, Part I. Sydney: Commonwealth of Australia.

Logan, T.K., Robert Walker, Leah S. Horvath, and Carl Leukefeld. (2003). Divorce, custody and spousal violence: A random sample of circuit court docket records. Journal of Family Violence, October, 18(5).

Maccoby, Eleanor, and Robert Mnookin. (1992). Dividing the Child: Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

McIntosh, Jennifer, and Caroline Long. (2005). Current findings on Australian children in postseparation disputes: Outer conflict, inner discord. Journal of Family Studies, v.11 no.1, April: 99-109.

McMahon, Russell. (1986). Men and Family Law. In Linking Men’s Services: A Conference on Men’s Issues and Services in South Australia, Conference Proceedings, Noarlunga Centre.

Meyer, Daniel R. (1995). Supporting Children Born Outside of Marriage: Do Child Support Awards Keep Pace With Changes in Fathers’ Incomes. Social Science Quarterly, 76(3), pp. 577-593.

Moloney, Lawrie. (2004). Children in Family Law: moving beyond the ‘best interests’ rhetoric. Journal of Family Studies, v.10, no.2, Oct: 160-169.

Moloney, Lawrie. (2005). Government’s response to the family law maze: The Family Relationship Centres proposal. Journal of Family Studies, v.11 no.1, April: 11-35.

Moloney, Lawrie, Bruce Smyth, Ruth Weston, Nicholas Richardson, Lixia Qu, and Matthew Gray. (2007). Allegations of family violence and child abuse in family law children’s proceedings: A pre-reform exploratory study. Melbourne: Australian Institute of Family Studies, Research report no. 15.

Moloney, Lawrie. (1993). Beyond Custody and Access: A Children’s Rights Approach to Post Separation Parenting. Australian Journal of Family Law, Vol. 7.

Monahan, Geoff. (2005). Allegations of child sexual abuse in Family Court cases. Law Society Journal, v. 43 no. 7, August: pp. 66-67.

Mossman, Mary Jane. (1994). Gender Equality, Family Law and Access to Justice. International Journal of Law and the Family, 8(3), December (Canada).

Neilson, Linda C. (2004). Assessing mutual partner-abuse claims in child custody and access cases. Family Court Review, July, Vol.42, Iss. 3.

Nygh, P.E. (1985). Sexual Discrimination and the Family Court. University of New South Wales Law Journal.

Okin, Susan Moller. (1989). Justice, Gender and the Family. New York: Basic Books.

Pagelow, Mildred Daley. (1993). Justice for Victims of Spouse Abuse in Divorce and Child Custody Cases. Violence and Victims, 8(1), Spring.

Parkinson, Patrick. (1990a). Child Sexual Abuse Allegations in the Family Court. Australian Journal of Family Law, Vol. 4.

Parkinson, Patrick. (1990b). Unacceptable Risks and the Investigation of Child Sexual Abuse. Australian Journal of Family Law, Vol. 4.

Pollock, Scarlet, and Jo Sutton. (1985). Fathers’ Rights, Women’s Losses. In Klein and Steinberg. (eds). Radical Voices, (Also in Women’s Studies International Forum, 8(6), pp. 593-599).

Pruett, Marsha Kline, Glendessa M. Insabella, and Katherine Gustafson. (2005). The Collaborative Divorce Project: A Court-Based Intervention for Separating Parents with Young Children. Family Court Review, 43:1, 38-51.

Pruett, Marsha Kline, Rachel Ebling, and Glendessa Insabella. (2004). Critical aspects of parenting plans for young children: Interjecting data into the debate about overnights. Family Court Review, January, Vol.42, Iss. 1.

Pulkingham, Jane. (1994). Private Troubles, Private Solutions: Poverty Among Divorced Women and the Politics of Support Enforcement and Child Custody Determination. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 9(2), Fall.

Reiboldt, Wendy, and Sharon Seiling. (1993). Factors Related to Men’s Award of Custody. Family Advocate [publ. by the Family Law Section of the American Bar Association], 15(40), Winter, pp. 42-43.

Roxburgh, Tor. (1989). Taking Control - Help for Women and Children Escaping Domestic Violence. Elwood, VIC: Greenhouse Publications.

Scutt, Jocelyne. (1991). Family Law in Australia. Canberra Bulletin of Public Administration, No. 66, October, pp. 175-178.

Seltzer, Judith A. (1990). Legal and Physical Custody Arrangements in Recent Divorces. Social Science Quarterly, 71, pp. 250-266.

Shanley, Mary L. (1995). Fathers’ Rights, Mothers’ Wrongs? Reflections on Unwed Fathers’ Rights and Sex Equality. Hypatia, 10(1), Winter.

Shaw, Jennie. (1997). Family Violence and Women’s Rights: Neutralising Violence Under the Family Law Reform Act. Polemic, 8(1).

Sheldon, Sally. (2003). Unwilling Fathers and Abortion: Terminating Men’s Child Support Obligations? Modern Law Review, Volume 66 Issue 2, March.

Shetty, Sudha, and Jeffrey L. Edleson. (2005). Adult Domestic Violence in Cases of International Parental Child Abduction. Violence Against Women, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 115-138, January.

Smart, Carol, and Selma Sevenhuijsen. (eds). (1989). Child Custody and the Politics of Gender. New York: Routledge.

Smart, Carol. (1991). The Legal and Moral Ordering of Child Custody. Journal of Law and Society, 18(4), Winter.

Sorensen, Elaine. (1997). A National Profile of Nonresident Fathers and Their Ability to Pay Child Support. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 59, November.

Taylor, S. Caroline. (2004). Court Licensed Abuse: Patriarchal lore and the legal response to intrafamilial sexual abuse of children. New York: Peter Lang.

Taylor, S. Caroline. (2004). Surviving the Legal System: A handbook for adult and child sexual assault survivors and their supporters. Melbourne: Coulomb.

Trocme, N., and N. Bala. (2005). False allegations of abuse and neglect when parents separate. Child Abuse & Neglect, 29(12): 1333-1345.

Troup, Maggie. (1995). The Family Law Reform Bill: Ramifications for Women. Australian Feminist Legal Journal, 5, August.

Ullrich, Vivienne H. (1986). Equal But Not Equal: A Feminist Perspective on Family Law. Women’s Studies International Forum, 9(1).

van de Zandt, Pia. (2003). A legal presumption of joint residence. Women Against Violence: An Australian Feminist Journal, No. 14, July: 62-68.

Vosler, Nancy R., and John G. Robertson. (1998). Nonmarital Co-parenting: Knowledge Building for Practice. Families in Society, 1998, v. 79, no. 2, pp. 149-159.

Wilson, John. (1989). Single Fathers: Their Experiences in Court. Law Institute Journal, 63(4), April.

Wilson, Trish. (2004). Discredited Junk Science Justifies Custody for Fathers. Off Our Backs, Jan/Feb., Vol. 34, Iss. 1/2.

 -. (1989). Women and Custody. Special Issue, Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, 3(1) Includes;
Joint Legal custody: A Reversion to Patriarchal Power.
‘Mothers Just Like Any Others’: Lesbians, Divorce and Child Custody in Canada.
In Search of the Better Parent: The Social Construction of Ideologies of Fatherhood.
Custody Determination at Divorce: The Limits of Social Science Research and the Fallacy of the Liberal Ideology of Equality.
Child Custody, Ideologies, and Employment.
Custody Mediation in the United States: Empowerment or Social Control.
The Effect of Maintenance of Custody Sharing.
(etc.).

Journals

Australian Journal of Family Law
Canadian Journal of Family Law
Current Family Law (Australia)
Family and Conciliation Courts Review (USA)
Family Law (UK)
Family Law Quarterly (USA)
International Journal of Law and the Family

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