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DIVORCE |
| A divorce is the legal
termination of your marriage. it is granted based
on a breakdown in your marriage. You can claim a
breakdown of marriage by separation (typically one
year), adultery, or cruelty. Although you can start
divorce proceedings at the time of separation, it
will not be finalized before a year has passed.
A divorce legally ends the marriage. |
| You are now free to
remarry. Don't be surprised, chances are you will
marry again. About 75% of all divorced couples will
remarry. Today's modern families have many structures.
There are remarried couples with children, single
parents, common law relationships, married couples
who choose not to have children, and even same sex
couples, etc. Welcome to the age of the blended
family. |
| Currently, the divorce
rate is rounding 38% in Canada and 50% in the U.S.
Over the last five years, the number of newlyweds
was relatively unchanged. The recent September 11th
disaster has prompted a rush to the alter and also
to divorce court. Experts believe this trend will
continue. |
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STATE OF MARRIAGE |
| What we want to share
is a vitally important report that was released
in June 1999. It has implications for every family
and is entitled, "The State of Our Unions:
The Social Health of Marriage in America." |
| This study was produced
by the "National Marriage Project" at
Rutgers University. It was conducted by two highly
respected researchers, Dr. David Popenoe, professor
of social and behavioural sciences, and Dr. Barbara
Dafoe Whitehead, author and social critic. Some
relevant findings include: |
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Key social indicators suggest
a substantial weakening of the institution
of marriage. North Americans have become less
likely to marry. When they do marry, their
marriages are less happy and face a high likelihood
of divorce |
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Marriages are more likely to be broken by
divorce than by death. One might believe that
our right to divorce and leave an unhappy
marriage might increase the chances of intact
marriages being very happy, though this does
not seem to be the case. Marriages are less
happy today than in the past decades |
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| David Popenoe and Barbara
Dafoe Whitehead, "The State of Our Unions:
The Social Health of Marriage in America,"
The National Marriage Project, Rutgers University,
1999. |
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