Divorce numbers on rise for first time in 7 years

Money issues are often a significant factor in divorces and a rise in the number of divorces in difficult economic times should therefore be expected. However, research on the past year has suggested that many couples are holding off from divorcing as they simply can’t afford to divorce. Consequently, the rise in divorces reported this week would probably have been quite a lot higher had economics not been so bad. The figures disclosed by the Office for National statistics disclose that :-

• The annual divorce rate has risen by 5%
• In 2010 there were just under 120,000 divorces in England and Wales in 2010. In 2009 the number was just under 114,000.

Whilst the percentage of marriages ending in divorce seems to be increasing and number of divorces later in life where the marriage has survived over 15 years is on the up, the overall number of divorces, notwithstanding the increase in 2010, is on a  long term decline due to the fact less people are getting married inj the first place.