the general civil framework. Yet, the change was not radical. The Church and the State were still pretty connected. The … the requirements of each confession. However, the State had the right to supervise the civil and military status, the … borrowed norms and regulations belonging to Church’s legislation. The frail State – Church dualism on family law was influenced …

typology, a form of social deviance that has as effect the dilution of family image and norms. We do not discuss here of a … dilution of the traditional norms concerning family, as someone might misunderstand, it is an erosion of the idea of family in … general. “Family” starts to have other forms than the “official” ones. Divorce is the last step in the process of erosion and …

The family, its formation, the relationships between man, woman, children and relatives, as well as the relationships … family (including the extended one) and with the rest of the community. More often than not, the individual behaviour … influence went growing brought about alterations in the family relations. Then, there were mutations in the relationship between …

Due to the preponderance of single mothers on public assistance, delinquent child support has been a contentious … political issue in the U.S. for over 30 years. We examine whether joint-child-custody reform affects the child- support receipt … custody on the child-support receipt of single mothers. Joint-custody enactment raises the probability of receiving child …

Research on child custody primarily focuses on the well-being of children following divorce. We extend this literature … by examining how the prospect of joint child custody affects marriage-specific investment in children’s private …-school education. Variation in the timing of joint-custody reforms across states proxies for the prospect of joint child custody and …

This paper explores the effect of divorce law reform on fertility. By modifying the value of marriage, the adoption of …