Dividing the Child

Social and Legal Dilemmas of Custody

Eleanor E. Maccoby

Robert H. Mnookin

  • Winner of the 1993 William J. Goode Book Award of the American Sociological Association

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Understanding the Processes of Divorce

3. Characteristics of the Families Studied

4. Initial Residence and Visitation

5. Child Custody: What Parents Want and Get

6. The Economic Provisions of the Divorce Decree

7. Conflict over the Terms of the Divorce Decree

8. Continuity and Change in Children's Residence and Visitation

9. Parenting and Co-parenting Apart

10. Economic Changes over Time

11. Facing the Dilemmas of Child Custody

Appendix A Supplementary Tables

Appendix B Methods

Notes

References

Index

  • Cover: Dividing the Child
  • A photo of the author

photo of Eleanor E. Maccoby (top) and Robert H. Mnookin (below)

Eleanor E. Maccoby is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Stanford University and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

Robert H. Mnookin is Williston Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and Director of the Harvard Negotiation Research Project.