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Legal Issues in Parenting

By: Cary Stacy Smith, Li-Ching Hung & Cindy Tidwell
In: Encyclopedia of Counseling
Edited by: Frederick T. L. Leong
Subject:General Counseling & Psychotherapy, Counseling Psychology
Keywords:adoption; birdnesting; child custody; children; custody: sole; joint custody; parents

The legal issues regarding parenting can be, and often are, highly complicated and controversial issues, needing to be addressed within the following categories: custody, adoption, parenting by unmarried couples, and rights and responsibilities of parents. [Page 279]Understanding how these variables interact ...

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  Smith, C., Hung, L., & Tidwell, C. (2008). Legal issues in parenting. In F. T. Leong (Ed.), Encyclopedia of counseling (Vol. 1, pp. 279-281). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n93
  
  Smith, Cary Stacy, Li-Ching Hung, and Cindy Tidwell. "Legal Issues in Parenting." In Encyclopedia of Counseling, edited by Leong, Frederick T. L., 279-81. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n93.
  
  Smith, C., Hung, L. and Tidwell, C. 2008. Legal Issues in Parenting. In: Frederick T. Leong Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Counseling, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 279-281 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n93> [Accessed 6 May 2021].
  
  Smith, Cary Stacy, et al. "Legal Issues in Parenting." Encyclopedia of Counseling. Edited by Frederick T. Leong. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 279-81. SAGE Knowledge. 6 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963978.n93.
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