Hard times (From The Northern Echo)

Hard times

8:09am Monday 12th December 2011 in Judith's Divorce Blog By Judith Middleton

I could almost feel sorry for the recession. It was only three years ago when banks were failing and the global economy went into melt-down that we were being told nobody could afford to divorce anymore.

With share prices in free-fall and house values spiralling downwards to produce negative equity, we believed it.

Figures published last week, however, show that the divorce rate rose by 4.9% in 2009-2010.

Of course, it’s once again the recession’s fault; apparently all those monetary difficulties are driving a wedge between couples who then find solace in the divorce courts.

I wonder if there could be another explanation: like a catch-up from all those who deferred their split in 2008-09 in the hope that the value of their home or spouse’s pension might recover.

A year on, they simply got sick of waiting!