Fighting for Child Custody When Domestic Violence Is at Issue
Survey of State Laws
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10552249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Levin (0000-0003-4871-3395), A Leo Levin (United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, corresponding author), Linda G Mills (0000-0002-3261-386X, New York University) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 463-470 |
| Publication date | 2003-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-8046 • E-ISSN: 1545-6846 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sw/48.4.463 |
| PMID | 14620103 |
| OpenAlex | W2012535956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 1 |
This study presents national data on each state's legislative approach to custody cases involving allegations of domestic violence. Battered women's advocates have successfully lobbied in some states for rebuttable presumption statutes that direct judges to deny sole or joint custody to abusive parents unless they present persuasive evidence establishing their suitability to obtain custody. Other states--at the behest of fathers' rights advocates--have adopted factor tests in which judges consider domestic violence as "one factor" in determining custody. Our findings suggest that each regulatory schema has strengths and weaknesses, but that these approaches have been developed without the benefit of intensive study
Child custody · Criminology · Domestic violence · Legislature · Poison control · Political science · Presumption · State (computer science · Statute · Suicide prevention · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Medicine · Psychology
The impact of exposure to domestic violence on children and young people
“No Contact, Except . . .”
Fathers' Rights Groups, Domestic Violence and Political Countermobilization
“Fathers’ Rights” Activism, Discourse, Groups and Impacts
The Experience of Abused Women With Their Children's Law Guardians
Children in the Crossfire
Battered Women, Children, and the End of Abusive Relationships
Domestic Violence and the Paradox of Post-Separation Mothering
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2005 - 2019 (15) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |