The Changing Legal Status of the Single Parent

Melli, Marygold S.

doi:10.2307/584279

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“…Up until the 1980s, never-married fathers had few, if any, legal rights to their children (Melli, 1986). In a series of cases referred to as the Stanley line of cases, the U.S. Supreme Court established and upheld some liberty interests for unwed fathers.…”

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Gaining Access to One's Children: An Evaluation of a Visitation Program for Noncustodial Parents

Fischer

2002

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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Children born out of wedlock often suffer due to infrequent and limited interaction with the noncustodial parent. To address this issue, progams have been developed at the federal and state level that attempt to improve the access of noncustodial parents (primarily fathers) to their natural children. This article describes an access and visitation program and presents findings from a 6-month demonstration in two counties in metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. The program assists noncustodial parents in establishing an access agreement with the custodial parent and in pursuing the establishment of their legal parental rights. In total, the demonstration involved over 100 noncustodial parents. This report documents the process of establishing and maintaining visitation agreements, and identifies the principle barriers to establishing visitation. The data on the program came from case files and administrative records and reflect status at 3–6 months after case opening and at case closure.

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Gaining Access to One's Children: An Evaluation of a Visitation Program for Noncustodial Parents

Fischer

2002

Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Service

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Nontraditional Family Forms

Macklin

1987

Handbook of Marriage and the Family

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The changing nature of fatherhood: the nurse and social policy

Hanson

1986

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Fathers, fathering and fatherhood are topics which receive little attention throughout the world's professional literature. Only recently has there been increased interest and research on the changing roles of men with particular emphasis on nurturing and parenting. A body of knowledge has started to accumulate which investigates the role of fathers with their families. The purpose of this article is to summarize the research literature about fatherhood in the United States of America today and to discuss the implications of this research for the practice of nursing. This analysis synthesizes the literature using two different perspectives. The developmental perspective traces the role of fathers from family planning through the family life cycle to grandfatherhood. The social contextual perspective summarizes the literature related to fathers for three common variations in society today: single custodial fathers, fathers in dual earner families, and adolescent fathers. Lastly, implications for nursing practice and social policy are discussed.

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The Changing Legal Status of the Single Parent

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Gaining Access to One's Children: An Evaluation of a Visitation Program for Noncustodial Parents

Gaining Access to One's Children: An Evaluation of a Visitation Program for Noncustodial Parents

Nontraditional Family Forms

The changing nature of fatherhood: the nurse and social policy

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