Does a nonresident parent have the right to make decisions for his nonmarital children?: Trends in legal custody among paternity cases |
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| Institution: | 1. “Sandro Pitigliani” Medical Oncology Department, Hospital of Prato, Istituto Toscano Tumori, Prato, Italy;2. Magnetic Resonance Center (CERM), University of Florence, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;3. St Vincents Hospital, 35 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, Victoria 3065, Australia;4. FiorGen Foundation, Via L. Sacconi 6, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;5. Department of Chemistry, University of Florence, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy;1. National Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, 87-West Canal Bank Road, Lahore 53700, Pakistan;2. Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan;3. Department of Forensic Studies, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan;4. Department of Forensic Sciences, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan |
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| Abstract: | Using the Wisconsin Court Record Data, I show that among nonmarital cases joint legal custody increased from 2% in 1988–93 to 20% in the late 90s, jumping further in 2000 and staying relatively high at around 70% in the 2000s. I hypothesize that an increasing preference for joint legal custody, a policy change that made joint legal custody presumptive, a change in the demographic composition of never-married parents, or a combination of these influences explains this trend. Logit models and Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition analyses both suggest that the difference in joint legal custody is mostly explained by the process (the coefficients) rather than the changes in parental characteristics (the independent variables). The patterns of the data suggest that an increasing parental or societal preference for joint legal custody, encouraged by the policy change, is the primary drive for the recent rise in joint legal custody among nonmarital cases. |
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