title: Child custody and relitigation: trends in a rural setting.
abstract: Types of child custody awards made in 884 divorce cases in a rural North Carolina County were compared and rates of postdivorce litigation were examined for each type of custody. Findings suggest a low frequency of joint custody awards and do not reveal any advantage of joint versus other forms of custody with regard to relitigation experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatric Medicine, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, N.C.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Madakasira
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roebuck
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002655:Child Custody / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004243:Divorce / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D012424:Rural Population