The National Center for Health Statistics recently released a report which found that 43
percent of first marriages end in separation or divorce within 15 years. About 50% of first marriages for men under age 45 may end in divorce, and between 44 and 52% of women’s first marriages may end in divorce for these age groups. The likelihood of a divorce is lowest for men and women age 60, for whom 36% of men and 32 percent of women may divorce from their first marriage by the end of their lives.
According to the Center for Disease Control’s National Vital Statistics Report of 2002, 50% of first marriages ended in divorce and 60% of remarriages end in divorce. But, the Center for Disease Control also found that 96% of Americans express a personal desire for marriage, and almost three-quarters of Americans believe marriage is a life long commitment.
Marriage & Divorce -There are various ways to end a marriage life that is breaks down, separation, annulment and dissolution. A separation may be formalized with a legal contract, or a ‘Decree of Legal Separation,’ or both. A separation may be preferred to dissolution for religious, economic or other reasons. Annulment is a court-ordered dissolution of an invalid marriage. Technically called a ‘Decree of Invalidity,’ it nullifies a marriage from its inception and is granted in situations where no valid marriage exists because of some legal defect. If a marriage falls apart and is considered “irretrievably broken,’ one or both partners may seek dissolution of the relationship.
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