Divorce Rates Will Rocket This Year as Further Lockdowns and Financial Pressures Push Already Strained Relationships To The Brink, Lawyers Have Said
The following is from a British paper, so I don’t know how applicable these findings are to the United States.
If it’s applicable here at all, you can bet that marriage-obsessed wackos Al Mohler and Brad Wilcox will write up bogus studies or commentary arguing that this is all a bunch of pish-posh and that the future of marriage rates is as rosy as ever.
Either that, or they will write fear mongering pieces declaring that anyone who doesn’t marry by the age of 35 will have a horrible existence and die a horrible, lonely death.
by Harry Brennan
January 9, 2021
Divorce rates will rocket this year as further lockdowns and financial pressures push already strained relationships to the brink, lawyers have said.
It follows an unexpected drop in the number of spouses looking to split in 2020. Around 52,000 people filed for divorce between the end of March and September last year, according to the Ministry of Justice. It is a 12pc drop compared with the same period in 2019, when almost 60,000 filed divorce proceedings.
Many had anticipated a spike in break-ups in 2020, as families faced severe economic uncertainty and were locked down at home. But experts have said the threat of a jobs crisis and forecast house price crash made people put their plans on hold.
Graham Coy, of law firm Wilsons, said it could now mean a wave of stored-up cases emerging later this year.
….“People are clinging on to one another and trying to see it through to the other side. They are facing huge financial pressures and more time together under one roof, which adds to the strain. We also know domestic violence is on the up. As the vaccine rolls out and the picture becomes clearer, divorces will start to surge.”
Almost 19,000 people applied to the Family Court for protections against domestic violence between April and September last year – up by a quarter compared with the same period in 2019.
Some couples will be waiting for new “no-fault divorce” laws to come in to force this year, which will make the process smoother and less acrimonious, Mr Coy added.
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