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Mathematical model explains marital breakups

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most people know love takes work, and effort is needed to sustain a happy relationship over the long term, but now a mathematician in Spain has for the first time explained it mathematically ...

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created May 17, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (43) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Parents: Slow Down and Get Off the Marriage-Go-Round

After a divorce or break-up, parents need to be very cautious about bringing new love interests into their homes, according to Andrew Cherlin, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Predicting divorce: Study shows how fight styles affect marriage

It's common knowledge that newlyweds who yell or call each other names have a higher chance of getting divorced. But a new University of Michigan study shows that other conflict patterns also predict divorce.

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created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Why young couples aren't getting married -- they fear the ravages of divorce

With the share of married adults at an all-time low in the United States, new research by demographers at Cornell University and the University of Central Oklahoma unveils clues why couples don't get married – they fear ...

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created Dec 18, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 41

The Oscar curse? Study says that Oscar win for best actress increases the risk of divorce

Will Academy Award nominees Nicole Kidman and Annette Bening be at higher risk for a divorce if they win the Oscar for best actress next month? A long line of best actress winners including Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Halle ...

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created Jan 28, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study: Unilateral divorce laws caused temporary spike in violent crime

U.S. states that enacted unilateral divorce laws saw substantial increases in violent crime in the years following the reform, according to research in the Journal of Labor Economics. But the ill-effects of the new laws a ...

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created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Divorce is Costly for Women

From supermarket tabloids to the New York Times, the financial costs of divorcing are widely publicized with every celebrity split-up. Now a scholarly study has documented divorce’s significant impact on women’s ...

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created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Marriage is good for physical and mental health

The 'smug marrieds' may have good reason to feel pleased with themselves as experts today confirm that long-term committed relationships are good for mental and physical health and this benefit increases over time.

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created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Husband's employment status threatens marriage, but wife's does not, study finds

A new study of employment and divorce suggest that while social pressure discouraging women from working outside the home has weakened, pressure on husbands to be breadwinners largely remains.

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Studies: Public favors equal custody for children of divorce

The public favors equal custody for children of divorce, according to findings in a pair of studies by Arizona State University researchers that will appear in the May 2011 journal Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.

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created May 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Access to legal aid depends a lot on where you live, report says

According to one estimate, half of Americans are confronting a civil legal problem at any one time.

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created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: Children of divorce lag behind peers in math and social skills

Children whose parents get divorced generally don't experience detrimental setbacks in the pre-divorce period, but often fall behind their peers—and don't catch up—when it comes to math and interpersonal social ...

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created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Parental divorce linked to suicidal thoughts

Adult children of divorce are more likely to have seriously considered suicide than their peers from intact families, suggests new research from the University of Toronto

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created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Verbal snippets offer insights on well-being amid separation, divorce

A new study from the University of Arizona shows that people in the midst of a divorce typically reveal how they are handling things - not so much by what they say but how they say it.

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created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Online dating can benefit widows, professors find

Online dating profiles may serve an important role in the grieving process, say two University of Delaware communication professors. Their new study, published in the August issue of the journal Death Studies, chronicles ...

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created Aug 13, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Divorce

Divorce (or the dissolution of marriage) is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties (unlike annulment which declares the marriage null and void). Divorce laws vary considerably around the world but in most countries it requires the sanction of a court or other authority in a legal process. The legal process for divorce may also involve issues of spousal support, child custody, child support, distribution of property and division of debt. Where monogamy is law, divorce allows each former partner to marry another; where polygyny is legal but polyandry is not, divorce allows the woman to marry another.

Between 1971 and 2011, five European countries legalised divorce: Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Malta. This leaves two countries in the world—the Philippines and Vatican City—that do not have a civil procedure for divorce.

"Divorcing one's parents" is a term sometimes used to refer to emancipation of minors.

For more information about Divorce, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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