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| Authors: | Daniel Pollack Susan Mason |
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| Institution: | Daniel Pollack, M.S.W., J.D., is a professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York City, and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Adoption Research, University of Massachusetts. E-mail: .;Susan Mason, Ph.D., is professor at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York City. |
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| Abstract: | The term visitation rights connotes that noncutodial parents have the discretion, not the responsibility, to visit their children. This article examines the assertion that visitation rights should instead be viewed as an obligation owed by noncustodial parents to their children. Excluding circumstances in which visitation would be injurious to a child, the expectation of visitation should be enforced by the courts. |
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| Keywords: | visitation visitation rights child custody divorce noncustodial parent |
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