Military parents and child custody : issues, considerations, and cases / Rayan M. Pauwels, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pauwels, Rayan M.

United States. Department of Defense.

Series:

Children's issues, laws and programs series.

Military and veteran issues

Children's issues, laws and programs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children of military personnel--United States.

Children of military personnel.

Custody of children--United States.

Custody of children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (140 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The increased deployment of service members beginning in 2001 as a result of Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom has raised difficult military child custody issues that in some cases potentially affect the welfare of military children as well as servicemembers' ability to effectively serve their country. Approximately 142,000 members of the Armed Forces (active, Guard, and Reserve) are single custodians of minor children. Temporary duty assignments, mobilization, and deployments to areas that do not allow the military member's dependent(s) to accompany them require the servicemember to have

Contents:

""MILITARY PARENTS AND CHILD CUSTODY. ISSUES, CONSIDERATIONS, AND CASES""; ""MILITARY PARENTS AND CHILD CUSTODY. ISSUES, CONSIDERATIONS, AND CASES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: MILITARY PARENTS AND CHILD CUSTODY: STATE AND FEDERAL ISSUES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""THE ISSUE""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""SENATE OPPOSITION""; ""POSITION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE""; ""POSITIONS OF OTHER GROUPS""; ""STATUS OF STATE INITIATIVES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""APPENDIX A. H.R. 1898, 113TH CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION, MAY 8, 2013""

""APPENDIX B. STATUS OF H.R. 1898 AND HISTORY OF FY 2013 (H.R. 4201)MILITARY CHILD CUSTODY LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS""""APPENDIX C. SERVICE MEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT (“SCRAâ€?) 50 U.S.C. APP.  501-597B â€?APPLICABLE EXCERPTS""; ""APPENDIX D. PRIORITY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPEAL FY 2010 DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL""; ""APPENDIX E. STATE CHILD CUSTODY LAWS""; ""Chapter 2: REPORT ON CHILD CUSTODY LITIGATION INVOLVING SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. RESPONSES TO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 572 OFP.L. 111-84 (NDAA FOR FY2010)""

""3. PROPOSED ADDITIONAL AREAS OF RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND PUBLICITY""""SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION""; ""TABLE OF CONTENTS OF REPORTED CASES RELATED TO CHILD CUSTODY INVOLVING SERVICMEMBERS (SINCE 2003)""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 7, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-933-4

OCLC:

902335060