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divorce rate stories: 9 news summaries

Can't Buy Me Love, but Divorce Could Cost $100K

Paperwork's cheap, but hiring lawyers, dividing real estate, finding therapy adds up

Jul 6, 08 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the current financial climate, getting unhitched has become all the more ruinous, Divorce360.com reports. Selling your home, hiring attorneys, shelling out for therapy, and finding temporary housing add up to a burly bottom line, with one attorney estimating that divorce "can run anywhere from $1,820 (uncontested)... More »

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Finns May Stop (Working) in the Name of Love

Scandinavian lawmakers consider paid 'erotic' vacation

Apr 18, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Finland's citizens will get an extra week of vacation specifically for romance if a proposed bill becomes law, Bloomberg reports. The legislation, which currently has 13 of the 100 required backers, would augment the 25 paid vacation days and 10 public holidays that already put Finns above the EU norm.... More »

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Merry Divorcées Plan Rites
for Deceased Marriages

Break-ups marked by ceremonies, parties

Apr 9, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Atlanta divorce lawyer has a little gift for her clients: a mock coffin to bury their wedding rings in when the divorce comes through. "Funerals" for failed marriages—or just big parties—are becoming popular with the newly single keen to bury the past and celebrate a new... More »

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Female Troops' Divorce Rate More than Double Men's

Rate was much higher even in peacetime

Apr 6, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Female troops divorce at nearly twice the rate of their male comrades, Divorce360 reports, and the military is stumped as to why. Data from 2006 show male soldiers divorce at a rate of 2.7%—lower than the general population's 3.6%—but that leaps to 7% among women. The... More »

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 Army Battles High Divorce Rates 

'Marriage education' aims to bridge gulf between love and war

Apr 5, 08 5:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A jump in divorce rates since the start of the Iraq war has the Army concerned. Marriages are falling apart as soldiers return home from tours of combat duty emotionally distant and unwilling to discuss their experiences. The military has now launched 'marriage education' retreats to try and repair the... More »

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Spain Gets on Divorce Express

 Church leaders say marriage contract is now 'trash'

Feb 28, 08 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - Marriage has become a battleground in Spain, where divorce has been legal for 20 years, but a recent reform accelerating the process led to a 74% spike in the divorce rate. With 1 in every 2.3 married couples now parting, the Catholic Church is accusing the socialist government of... More »

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Chinese Divorce Rate Surges

Simplified procedures, one-child policy may be factors

Jan 25, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The Chinese divorce rate shot up 18.2% last year, the Guardian reports. It's not a huge surprise: Simplified divorce proceedings have contributed to the long-term trend, and the social stigma appears to have dwindled considerably. Some sociologists have an additional theory: China's one-child policy has created a generation of... More »

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Evangelicals Seen to Be Softening on Divorce

Christianity Today rethinks issue, stirs pot

Nov 7, 07 2:47 PM CST
(Newser) - A Christianity Today article that reinterprets Jesus Christ’s stance against divorce has sparked anger among evangelicals, Time reports, while also revealing diminished opposition to breaking the marital sacrament. The piece argues that, in a key scripture passage, Jesus might have been giving his opinion on a certain kind of... More »

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Divorce Rate Hits 37-Year Low

But America's marriages may not be more stable

May 11, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's divorce rate has been dropping steadily for decades; this year breakups reached their lowest level since 1970. But that doesn't mean todays' relationships are more stable: More couples are living together without tying the knot. Divorces are down by a third since their peak in 1981, but marriages themselves... More »

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