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Family Law Statistics
No one gets married with the intention of filing for divorce, but the reality is that divorce is a common experience. With a divorce comes the inevitable complications of child custody, property division, alimony, and child support payments. Our Harrisburg divorce attorney works closely with clients to help them navigate the proceedings and pave the path to a brighter and better life.
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41% of first marriages end in divorce And the rates are higher for second marriages – roughly 60% of which end in divorce – and third marriages, approximately 73% of which end in divorce.
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There is one divorce approximately every 36 seconds in the U.S. When you do the math, you’ll find that there are nearly 2,400 divorces every day, 16,800 divorces every week, and 876,000 divorces every year.
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People with military jobs have some of the highest divorce rates. The divorce rate for first-line military supervisors is about 30%. People working in military tactical operations and other unspecified rankings have a divorce rate of about 17% and 14% respectively.
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Roughly 17.5% of custodial parents are fathers. Approximately half of all custodial parents have child support agreements, either legal or informal.
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Eight years is the average length of a marriage that ends in divorce. The average age of couples going through their first divorce is around age 30. Most people wait three years on average to remarry after divorce (if they remarry at all).