[DOWNLOAD] "Custody Issues for Grandparent-Caregivers in Minnesota (Report)" by Elder Law Review # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Custody Issues for Grandparent-Caregivers in Minnesota (Report)
- Author : Elder Law Review
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 81 KB
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INTRODUCTION According to the United States Census Bureau, more than 6.2 million grandparents in the U.S. live in the same house household with one or more grandchildren under the age of 18 (2). Some 2.5 million of these grandparents are the adults primarily responsible for the basic needs (physical and emotional) of the children living with them (3). Nine percent of all children in the U.S. live with one or both grandparents; two-thirds of these live in the grandparents' home (4). The number of grandparent-caregivers in the U.S. has been growing steadily since the mid-nineties, an increase that is attributed to economic hardships, the spread of HIV and AIDS, increasing rates of drug and alcohol dependency, among other factors (5).