Trends in Child Custody Awards: Has the Removal of Maternal Preference Made a Difference?

Abstract

half of all divorcing couples had at least one minor child.1 Twenty-nine percent of all minor children were living in a single-parent home, a total of 17.3 million children.2 Each year an additional 1 million children experience the divorce or separation of their biological parents.3 Projec tions based on current divorce rates indicate that about 40 percent of children born to married mothers will experience the divorce of their

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