Trends

Marital Age Gap Widens

Monday, May 12th, 2008 | Marriages, Trends | No Comments »

Demographers are referring to the Second Demographic Transition, where the increase in divorce in the 1960’s and the trend for people to marry or remarry later in life has increased the potential for wider martial age gaps.
According to 2006 Census data, roughly one-third of husbands are at least four years older than their wives.
And a […]

Life After Lawyers

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 | Trends | No Comments »

Law21 has a great post on the future we are quickly headed toward where family courts are filled mostly with litigants that do not have lawyers. This future is fast approaching as the cost of legal services exceeds the budgets of most families. Unfortunately, we don’t have a system that works especially well for non-lawyers. […]

Men Who Do Household Work

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 | Marriages, Trends, Research | No Comments »

According to a report recently released by the Council on Contemporary Families, men’s contribution to household work has doubled over the last four decades.
An there is a lot of correlation to show that men gain better intimately when they help out around the house.

Older Women Divorce

Monday, February 18th, 2008 | Trends, Divorce | No Comments »

Accordinging to the UK’s Office of National Statistics, the divorce rates among those over 60 is increasing.
What are the implications that cause couples to split in their twilight years?

Busiest Day for Divorce

Monday, January 7th, 2008 | Trends | No Comments »

Unofficially or officially, today is known as divorce day, as many attorneys say Jan. 7 is the busiest divorce day for couples to seek information about getting a divorce.
Some experts attribute this trend to holidays that often put a lot of pressure on couples.