Visitation and the Noncustodial Father

Thirty noncustodial fathers were interviewed with regard to their satisfaction with the amount and quality of visitation. Additional information was obtained about the amount of child support payments, the typical visitation schedule, and the relationship between the former spouses. This study makes three major contributions to the divorce literature. First, it confirms some or the previous findings in the literature about visitation patterns. Second, it clarifies the manner in which the coparenting relationship is related to specific features of visitation. Third, it demonstrates the predominant influence of the continuing interaction of the adults on the father's post-divorce involvement with the children in the post-divorce family relationship patterns.