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1045826
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b800196
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Boumil, Marcia Mobilia.
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Deadbeat dads : : a national child support scandal /\ Marcia Mobilia Boumil and Joel Friedman.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, Conn. :: Praeger,, 1996.
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1 online resource (xii, 149 pages)
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0313022216
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: 9780313022210
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0275951251
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9780275951252
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-146) and index.
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| Contents
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The deadbeat epidemic: a new generation of neglected children -- Children of divorce: the psychological consequences of divorce and absent parents -- The effect of fault and no-fault divorce laws on child support -- When paternity is contested -- Legal guidelines for establishing and enforcing child support awards -- Child custody alternatives and their impact on the payment of support -- Deadbeat dads and single moms: who they are -- Social relationships, economic responsibility, and the deadbeat epidemic.
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Recently, many political voices have indicated a strong desire to track down absent fathers who have absconded without fulfilling child support obligations to their biological or adopted children. This renewed interest in deadbeat dads has resulted from a recognition that the social welfare programs, which pick up the tab for abandoned children, are contributing significantly to an ever-increasing federal budget deficit. Meanwhile, in a large number of cases, there simply isn't enough money for an absent parent to maintain his own separate support and fulfill the support obligations that the l.
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Child support-- Government policy-- United States.
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Child support-- United States.
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Desertion and non-support-- United States.
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Fathers-- United States-- Economic conditions.
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Child support-- Government policy.
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Child support.
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Desertion and non-support.
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Fathers-- Economic conditions.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services Welfare.
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United States.
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362.7/1
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HV741.B693 1996eb
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Friedman, Joel,1936-
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