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- Title
Key Determinants of Mothers' Decisions to Allow Visits with Non-Custodial Fathers.
- Authors
Laakso, Janice
- Abstract
Increases in single-parent households, often involving never married couples, have heightened the urgency to understand decisions parents make about parent-child relationships after separation. This qualitative study provides a descriptive analysis of the concerns of mothers in non-marital relationships that may affect their decisions regarding visitation and clarifies the relationship between visitation and paying child support. Weighing the benefits versus the costs, most mothers were willing to allow visitation even if the father did not pay child support, recognizing the importance of father-child relationships. It is imperative to make parenting plans and visitation as important as payment of child support. Funding for fathering programs and creation of father-friendly environments are essential to increase involvement of non-custodial fathers.
- Subjects
PARENT-child relationships; MOTHERS; SINGLE parents; UNMARRIED parents; CHILD support
- Publication
Fathering: A Journal of Theory, Research & Practice about Men as Fathers, 2004, Vol 2, Issue 2, p131
- ISSN
1537-6680
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3149/fth.0202.131