What to Expect from Child Support Guidelines?

Que peut-on attendre d'un barème de pension alimentaire pour enfant ?

Cécile Bourreau-Dubois () and Bruno Jeandidier

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Abstract: Since April 2010, an official guideline has been published by the French Ministry of Justice. The implementation of this guideline raises questions about the expected impacts of this public decision-making tool. First, before the beginning of the divorce procedure, a guideline contributes to reduce uncertainty and, in certain circumstances, it is likely to encourage settlement between parents. During the judicial procedure, a guideline is an instrument which may help the judges to check to what extent the child's interests are preserved, whether by fixing a child support award when the parents make a different offer or by validating or not a mutual parental offer. After the divorce, a guideline is an instrument which is likely to encourage compliance with child support orders due to the equal treatment of similar cases.

Date: 2012
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Published in Revue Française d'Economie, 2012, 27 (4), pp.213-248. ⟨10.3917/rfe.124.0213⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/rfe.124.0213

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