TY  - SER
AU  - Tutty, Leslie M. 
AU  - Radtke, N.L. 
AU  - Nixon, Kendra L. 
TI  - "It just rips my heart out" : : child custody dispositions after women leave abusive partners
PY  - 2025///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - CONTACT (ACCESS)
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - FAMILY COURT
KW  - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
KW  - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - IWI TAKETAKE
KW  - JUSTICE
KW  - SEPARATION
KW  - TURE WHĀNAU
KW  - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
KW  - WĀHINE
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - CANADA
N1  - Violence Against Women, 2023, First published online, 25 March 2025
N2  - Family court child custody dispositions for women who have left violent partners can result in complications and difficulties. This secondary analysis of data from 2005 to 2009 describes the child custody dispositions of 369 Canadian women survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) (48.5% Indigenous, 44.7% White, and 6.4% Visible Minority). Of these, the most common court disposition was mothers receiving sole custody (38.9%), then those who did not use formal custody (34.5%), joint custody (13.3%), fathers receiving sole custody (4.4%), and family court still in progress (8.8%). Mothers’ perspectives about these dispositions were qualitatively analyzed. Implications for researchers and practitioners are presented. (Authors' abstract). Record #9183
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012251329259
ER  -