In our last post, we examined how unemployment affects divorce rates for men. Another recent study takes a look at another factor that affects divorce rates, and it's a somewhat surprising one: Housing prices.
Unemployment linked to divorce for men
Does one's job relate to happiness in marriage? It seems possible, and according to a new study, losing a job - at least for men - is directly linked to divorce.
Wife accused of domestic violence on wedding night
Some marriages fall apart after several years. Others, after a few hours, apparently.
More fathers raising young children in second marriages
Divorce is common in our culture. Remarrying and starting a second family is also not unusual. And now it has become more and more common for older men to wind up with infants and adult children at the same time.
Authorities unfriend woman's case against ex after Facebook fraud
Child custody battles can get contentious, but one couple took that to an extreme recently. Amid the messy child custody dispute, a woman apparently created a fake Facebook account to catch her ex-husband in a lie. It worked at first, but the tables were later turned.
Wyoming recognizes same-sex divorce - but not marriage
Calling same-sex marriage a controversial issue might be an understatement. Many states have added constitutional amendments to ban it. Wyoming is not one of them, yet, but the issue is coming up in courts in multi-faceted ways.
Man denied bond after beating wife in divorce court
No one should have to put up with domestic violence. For many Colorado couples, it can be grounds for divorce. It's not very often that such violence takes place in divorce court, but that's exactly what happened with a couple from Florida recently. Now, the man who beat his wife in front of a divorce judge has been denied bond and must remain in jail.
Divorce is final - time to order a cake?
It may sound bizarre, but some find divorce reason to celebrate. That's not to say anyone thinks divorce is fun, or that it's ever a happy time in someone's life. But when it's over, and the grieving process is done, and people are ready to move on, some people like to mark it with a little celebration.
Number of single dads on the rise, Census says
The 2010 Census has revealed some interesting tidbits about our evolving population. Divorces are apparently on the decline. One upward trend, however, is the number of single dads in this country.
