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Families with special needs face a unique set of challenges, and experts say coping starts with communication. Families with special needs children face a unique set of emotional and financial challenges that range from difficult and expensive to significantly life-altering. Due to the unique stressors, these families are at a higher risk for divorce and then […]
Marry with your heart and your head. You are in love and completely infatuated, but you still need to think about this without emotion. People think that marriage is forever, but unfortunately for one out of every two people, it’s not the case. Plan for the worst, and this doesn’t only mean for divorce; what […]
Statistics don’t tell the whole story, but they raise some interesting questions Some interesting statistics have recently been released in the UK. According to an article in The Guardian, divorce rates amongst heterosexual couples are at their lowest since 1973. But is this evidence of marriages getting stronger and lasting longer? Or just proof that […]
Quick answer: Cohabitation means living together in a committed relationship without being legally married. In South Africa, living together does not automatically create a common-law marriage, community of property, or a general right to spousal maintenance. The practical protections usually come from a written cohabitation agreement, clear ownership records, a valid will, and, in some […]
London – The biggest bone of contention in a quarter of all divorces is the family pet, according to a report. Research among family lawyers and a poll of the public said that many couples caught up in divorce are likely to put custody of a pet above their concerns about property, or even the […]
What is it and how can it be prevented? As featured on All4Women Parental alienation is a sad by-product of divorce or other breakdown between parents. Unfortunately, it is usually the result of deliberate sabotage by one parent against the other. It is very rarely an organic response by the child, provided there is no […]
One would think that divorce in couples over the age of fifty, together for years, would not be as common as for younger couples; however, statistics say otherwise. Grey Divorce is now a trend in the 21st century. In the 1990’s; 1 in 10 couples over the ago of 50 got divorced. Now; 1 in […]
StatsSA has published its marriages and divorces statistics for 2017. The report is based on a combination of population censuses, household sample surveys, and administrative data. Stats SA found that a total of 135,458 civil marriages, 2,588 customary marriages, and 1,357 civil unions were registered in 2017. A comparison with the 2016 data shows that […]
