As of 2018, about 15.7 percent of custodial parents in the United States without a legal agreement stated that they were unable to come to a legal agreement because the were not able to locate the other parent.
Reasons no legal agreements could be established for custodial parents in the United States in 2018
* Data is based on 7.1 million custodial parents without agreements or with informal agreements; excludes those with pending agreements. The total exceeds 100 percent because respondents could list more than one reason.
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US Census Bureau. (May 28, 2020). Reasons no legal agreements could be established for custodial parents in the United States in 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/417076/reasons-no-legal-agreements-could-be-established-for-us-custodial-parents/
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