TY - JOUR
T1 - Relocation of children after divorce and children's best interests
T2 - New evidence and legal considerations
AU - Braver, Sanford L.
AU - Ellman, Ira M.
AU - Fabricius, William
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/6
Y1 - 2003/6
N2 - Relocation cases, in which a divorced parent seeks to move away with the child, are among the knottiest problems facing family courts. The recent trend is to permit such moves, largely because of Wallerstein's (1995) controversial arnica curiae brief, which a recent court (Baures v. Lewis, 2001) interpreted as supporting the conclusion that "in general, what is good for the custodial parent is good for the child" (p. 222). The current study provides the first direct evidence on relocation by dividing college students into groups on the basis of their divorced parents' move-away status. On most child outcomes, the ones whose parents moved are significantly disadvantaged. This suggests courts should give greater weight to the child's separate interests in deciding such cases.
AB - Relocation cases, in which a divorced parent seeks to move away with the child, are among the knottiest problems facing family courts. The recent trend is to permit such moves, largely because of Wallerstein's (1995) controversial arnica curiae brief, which a recent court (Baures v. Lewis, 2001) interpreted as supporting the conclusion that "in general, what is good for the custodial parent is good for the child" (p. 222). The current study provides the first direct evidence on relocation by dividing college students into groups on the basis of their divorced parents' move-away status. On most child outcomes, the ones whose parents moved are significantly disadvantaged. This suggests courts should give greater weight to the child's separate interests in deciding such cases.
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U2 - 10.1037/0893-3200.17.2.206
DO - 10.1037/0893-3200.17.2.206
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12828017
AN - SCOPUS:0037590603
SN - 0893-3200
VL - 17
SP - 206
EP - 219
JO - Journal of Family Psychology
JF - Journal of Family Psychology
IS - 2
ER -