Divorce - Who and Why?

DIVORCE WHO & WHY? The amount of women filing for divorce has doubled over the fast decade whereas men used to dominate this statistic. Average Age of Divorce: Mid 30s Early 405 1963 2012 The divorce rate of under 25s has dropped considerably since its peak in 1985 ONLY 1 DIVORCE COMPARED TO in 2012 20 9,061 where the couple were both under divorces of 40-44 year olds Reasons – Divorces granted to a sole party: From 174 Aduftery was the main fact proven for divorce. Taday a spouse's Behavidur is by far the mostcommon reason Divorces granted to Wives 63,948 53,330 47,573 41,248 Adultery 23,894 26.607 25,267 Behaviour 18,403 20,980 • Desertion 10,320 4,629 2,104 747 419 385 1974 1982 1993 2002 2012 AMOUNT GRANTED IN THAT YEAR Divorces granted to Husbands • Adultery 13,150 • Behaviour 18,010 17.859 15.210 14,879 • Desertion 4,767 10,632 11,849 2, 165 5,675 1,868 771 334 371 262 1974 1982 1993 2002 2012 AMOUNT GRANTED IN THAT YEAR MEN'S BEHAVIOUR, AS A WOMEN'S BEHAVIOUR, AS REASON FOR DIVORCE THE HUSBAND'S REASON FOR PEAKED IN 1993 BUT HAS DIVORCE HAS INCREASED DROPPED CONSISTENTLY SINCE BY OVER 600% DESERTION In the 70s, divorce due to desertion was extremely high. It then decreased but in the 2012 figures, it is at its highest since 1998. On a positive note. Over the last 10 years divorce rates have dropped ENGLISH A INTERNATIONAL PAMILY LAWYERS BROOKMAN Data from: http://www.ons.gov.uk/ SOL ICIT ORS NUMBER GRANTED NUMBER GRANTED