Child support order: how do judges decide without guidelines? Evidence from France
Cécile Bourreau-Dubois (),
Myriam Doriat-Duban () and
Jean-Claude Ray ()
European Journal of Law and Economics, 2014, vol. 38, issue 3, 452 pages
Abstract:
The paper presents a model of family judges’ child support orders when no guidelines are available. Based on the French case, it argues that judges weigh up their wish to comply with their institutional environment against their discretion and their willingness to find a compromise, by basing their decision on the parties’ average offer. Using experimental data consisting of child support awards set by approximately 80 French judges, the findings of the paper suggest that family judges promote parents’ child support offer when there is an agreement between them, particularly when their offer is lower than the amount deemed necessary to preserve the child’s interest. There is also some evidence that female judges are likely to be more generous than male judges, although in small amounts and under certain circumstances. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Keywords: Child support; Judge; Family law; D13; J12; K36; K49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s10657-012-9368-6
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