Family related news included innovative ways that families are approaching divorce including “nesting” and continuing to live as a family in one home. An imminent change in US government leadership has led some people to fear a change in the “no fault” divorce laws and has also inspired some vendors to offer free wedding services to people in the LGBTQ community because of a fear that their right to marry may be curtailed. Lastly, a video and article shed light on gray divorce.
Patricia Fersch, Forbes, November 18, 2024
“Bird nesting" in a divorce or separation is where parents take turns staying in the family home rather than making the kids travel back and forth between two homes. Integral to any “nesting” arrangement is the relationship between the parents.
CBS News, November 26, 2024
To date, every state in the U.S. has adopted a no-fault divorce option. But some advocates for women worried as old comments from now Vice President-elect JD Vance circulated during the presidential campaign opposing no-fault divorce. However, states determine their own divorce laws, so national leaders cannot change policy.
Doc Louallen, abc news, December 4, 2024
The divorce rate among Americans aged 50 and older has doubled since the 1990s despite a drop in the overall U.S. divorce rate. Susan Brown, a sociology professor at Bowling Green State University, who helped coin the term "gray divorce” shared: “We’re finding that the attitudinal shifts have mirrored the behavioral patterns. So older adults are actually pretty supportive of divorce in the event that you find yourself in an unsatisfying marriage.
Kitty Drake, The Guardian, December 14, 2024
This indepth article focuses on couples who have split romantically but still live together as a family. For some, this unconventional approach works well.
Tammy LaGorce, The New York Times, December 19, 2024
Some couples have been speeding up plans to marry since the election, and wedding vendors have reached out with free or discounted services. Greater Good Events, an event planning company, is one of hundreds of wedding vendors donating their services or offering them at a steep discount to L.G.B.T.Q. couples who worry that a second Trump term could lead to the end of their right to legally marry.
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