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Divorce is just not what it used to be
For millions marriage is the biggest legal risk they will ever take, and divorce the only time they will need a lawyer. Divorce can mean endless court battle: Many spouses never stop fighting, until death do them part; even bankruptcy cannot end it. Now, because of the internet, there has been a huge shift in the risk calculus. E-mail and instant messaging make infidelity more difficult to hide. 88% of divorce attorneys say more spouses use electronic evidence. And the unfaithful are fighting back: Men no longer want to pay lifetime alimony, and some states are looking at limiting the duration or amount of alimony.
by ft | 2008-03-01 | Divorce

Men Twice as Likely to Experience Depression After Divorce
Study: Men are nearly twice as more likely to suffer from depression after they break up with their spouse. While both men and women whose marriages have dissolved have a higher risk of being depressed than people who remained with their spouses, the study found that men who had divorced or separated were 6 times more likely to report a depression compared with men who remained married. While both women and men have a higher risk of depression 2 years after the end of a marriage or relationship, most people said their depression ended within 4 years of breaking up with their partner.
by psychcentral | 2007-05-24 | Divorce

Private investigators hired in half of all UK divorce cases
Private investigators were hired during half the divorce proceedings in Britain last year as wives or husbands tried to establish whether the spouse was having an affair, a survey revealed. 49% of divorces in Britain last year came after one partner asked an investigator to check whether the other was committing adultery. This compared with 18% in 2005. Last year 32% of divorces were attributed to infidelity, compared with 29% in 2005. In more than two-thirds of these it was the man who was declared unfaithful.
by guardian | 2007-04-25 | Divorce

More longtime couples walking away from marriages
Many couples look forward to the time when their children find jobs and houses of their own. They anticipate rekindling their romance, starting a new hobby or traveling the world. But that's not true for all. For some, the transition into the empty-nest phase of life is just empty. A national AARP study found that the divorce rate among people ages 40-79 is on the rise, with more women seeking the break in higher numbers than men. It's a phenomenon that's sometimes called "gray divorce." "When people get married and fall in love, they tend to see only the positive. When you get married, things happen, not just bad things, but good things."
by dailysouthtown | 2007-03-16 | Divorce

The big day: most common divorce
More Britons will initiate divorce proceedings Jan 8th than on any other day of the year. A survey found that Xmas was often the final nail in the marital coffin. James Stewart said: "Extra time together can force problems that already exist in the relationship to come to a head. We're expecting this to be our busiest day and indeed our busiest week." A poll of married, divorced and separated people found that a fifth of couples in Britain were on the brink of splitting up and one in 10 said they no longer had sex. 16% said their marriage was "on shaky ground", while another 2.5% said it was "on the rocks".
by guardian | 2007-01-10 | Divorce

Study: Divorced Women Suffer More Illness
Women may give up more than a husband by divorcing - some of their good health. There's a belief among spouses in bad marriages that divorce might relieve their stress and lead to a happier life, but divorce increased chronic stress and produced greater physical illness, according to a study. The study spanned 10 years of focusing on what happens to women's health after their marriage ends. During the years immediately after divorce, the women reported 7% higher levels of distress than married women. A decade later, the divorced women reported 37% more physical illness.
by nbc5i | 2006-11-06 | Divorce

Increasing willingness of mothers to walk out on marriage
When Helen Kirwan-Taylor wrote a article saying she finds motherhood boring, she became the most vilified woman in Britain. Many condemned her as a selfish princess who shouldn't be allowed to have children. But her confession broke a taboo around the modern female's dissatisfaction with family life - they may be losing the art of enjoying their children. It is not female unhappiness with motherhood that is causing problems for children, but the increasing willingness of mothers to walk out on marriage. More than ever it is women who are the ones filing for divorce. The shift of power in marriages has led to a stampede of women leaving the institution.
by smh | 2006-08-25 | Breaking Up & Closure

Marriage can be more damaging than divorce to children
Staying together for the sake of the children can be more damaging than divorce. Children whose parents split up were twice as likely to do badly at school than pupils whose parents stayed together. But many pupils whose parents' relationship was in difficulty were at risk of under-achieving whether or not their parents separated. Children from happy homes did best whether their parents lived together or apart, researchers told. Children who kept close relationships with their non-resident parent, after a split did better than expected. The closeness of the relationship was more important than the frequency of contact with the parent.
by independent | 2006-07-20 | Parenting & Motherhood

Cost of divorce is keeping more couples together
Fewer couples are divorcing after less than five years of marriage because they cannot afford to buy a home on their own, figures suggest. Paula Hall said that as many as half the couples she saw were prepared to "stick it out", or work on their relationship, because the financial implications of divorce were so severe. Having spent much of their life in pursuit of material wealth, couples were not going to throw it away, particularly if children were involved, she said.
by telegraph | 2006-04-05 | Divorce

How to Stop Divorce - Make Everything about Both of You
Dependence is absolutely the worst thing for your relationship and will ultimately lead to an unhealthy co-dependency. Complete independence is not altogether good for a marriage either. If you are so focused on your own independence, you can never be a true couple. At the beginning of each month, sit down together as a couple and review your calendars. Your relationship commitments should always come first and be your top priority. Couples who keep their relationship first in their lives have the most enviable relationships.
by articlealley | 2005-12-08 | Divorce

For many men, a wife's request for divorce is the first sign of trouble in the marriage
For many men, a wife's request for a divorce is the first inkling that something is wrong with the relationship. Truth is, such men just don't recognize the signs. Take one common pattern: A wife snipes at everything he does, but he never stops to ask why she's always angry. -- For most males, that divorce means recovering the sense of emotional connectedness they did not have as part of their upbringing, like learning how to take responsibility for contacting others and building their own supportive social network.
by PsychologyToday | 2005-11-18 | Divorce

New Study Linking Education and Divorce
Is the price of education marital woe? A recent study conducted by Um Al-Qura University in Makkah reports that educated couples are more likely to get divorced or have marital problems. Is ignorance marital bliss?
by Arab News | 2005-10-09 | Divorce

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