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Undeserved Trust: Reflections on the ALI's Treatment of De Facto Parents
This chapter from the book Reconceiving the Family: Critical Reflections on the American Law Institute's Principles of the Law of Family Dissolution criticizes the American Law Institute's proposal to grant custody rights to legal parents' live-in partners.
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Children > Step Children
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Cambridge University Press
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May 2006
The Effect of Step-Children on Childbearing Intentions and Births
This paper looks at how the presence of stepchildren affects parents' fertility and childbearing decisions.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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Center for Family Demographic Research
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2000
Men's Financial Expenditures on Genetic Children and Stepchildren from Current and Former Relationships
This study demonstrates that men tend to invest less money in their step-children from former relationships than they do in their biological children.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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Population Studies Center
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September 2001
Adopted Children and Stepchildren: 2000
This paper looks at the number of adopted children and stepchildren in the US, and examines characteristics such as race, age, gender, disabilities, poverty status, and living arrangements.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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US Census Bureau
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October 2003
Family Structure and Children’s Educational Outcomes: Blended Families, Stylized Facts, and Descriptive Regressions
This paper provides evidence that children in stepfamilies fare significantly worse than those raised in traditional married families and similarly to those in single parent families on measures of educational achievement.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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The Population Research Center
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March 2004
Child Maltreatment and Family Structure
This paper examines the incidence of different types of child abuse and maltreatment in single parent families and step-families.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies
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Winter 1996
Pathways to Stepfamily Formation in Europe: Results from the FFS
This study compares pathways to stepfamily formation in 19 European countries and discusses the multiple ways in which this type of family can be formed.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2002
Childrearing Responsibility and Stepfamily Fertility in Finland and Austria
This study of childbearing in stepfamilies examines future fertility and the effects of partners having shared children or children from previous unions.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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January 2003
Children and Stepfamilies: A Snapshot
This report discusses the impact that being part of a stepfamily has on children's developmental outcomes and parent relationships.
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Category:
Children > Step Children
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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November 01, 1998
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