Many people who are going through a divorce wonder how they got to where they are and whether or not their problems were common. When two people enter into a marriage, they expect that there will be times of “worse.” Often, these times revolve around other stresses, such as a job loss, ill parent or difficult child. What many do…
As much as we study divorce , there remains a large component that we don’t understand. What factors have the most influence over a relationship? When does the breaking point occur? Although these following “strange facts” about divorce won’t answer any of these questions, they might raise a few more! Divorce Fact 1: Couples who live in “red states” (states…
Everyone knows that divorce rates in the United States are incredibly high, and as many as 50% of marriages end in divorce these days. Social scientists have conducted studies to determine which factors influence divorce rates. One factor is the job or career of each spouse. The jobs with the highest divorce rates are: 1. Choreographers/Dancers 2. Bartenders 3. Masseuses…
Last Sunday, Governor Paterson signed into law a bill which allows couples in New York to file for divorce without a prior year long legal separation or fault. Previously, married couples seeking divorce would have to declare blame; one spouse had to be at fault, either for abandonment, adultery, cruel and inhuman treatment, or imprisonment. The new law is expected…
If you and your spouse are considering divorce or separation, you might want to start monitoring your online activities. Increasingly, divorce attorneys, in-laws, and spouses are using online social networking sites to gather evidence. Don’t post compromising pictures. This is a good rule to follow in general, but is especially important during a divorce. If you have a new girlfriend…
1. Having high expectation’s for your spouses behavior. Just because your spouse was normally a fair and rational person does not mean that he or she will be during a divorce. 2. Expecting that you will get everything you want. There are probably many things which you and your spouse both have emotional ties to, and there are probably many…
A recent study entitled “Breaking Up is Hard to Do, Unless Everyone Else is Doing it Too: Social Network Effects on Divorce in a Longitudinal Sample Followed for 32 Years” by social scientists at Harvard, Brown, and UC San Diego has found that divorce is “contagious.” In this context, contagious means that if you have a sibling who has undergone…