Recent family related news included an analysis of an abundance of current data relating to divorce rates and trends. Also in the news was a look at marriage when the couple is middle aged; the benefits of a “friendly divorce”; and the difficulty of determining custody when a parent misuses drug and alcohol.
Catherine Pearson, The New York Times, September 10, 2024
Middle age is often an inflection point in relationships, experts say, a time when many couples emerge from the daily grind of building careers and a family and find that they are in a union they no longer fully recognize. Rates of “gray divorce” among adults over 50 have doubled in the United States since the 1990s. Relationship experts offer some big-picture questions that middle-aged couples can discuss — or can ask themselves — to help them better understand their relationships, and what they want.
Clayton Buck, Paul Hemez, and Lydia Anderson, Census.gov, October 8, 2024
An updated U.S. Census Bureau visualization allows us to compare how divorce and marriage rates from 2012 to 2022 in NY compare to those in other states and the nation.
Gina Cherelus, New York Times, October 11, 2024
The dissolution of a marriage is rarely painless, and staying on good terms with a former spouse is often considered an achievement in itself. Doug Emhoff’s former wife, Kirstin Emhoff, is one of Kamala Harris’s most vocal supporters and their relationship has brought attention to blended families.
Christy Bieber, J.D., Jeffrey Johnson, J.D., Ayona Chatterjee, Ph.D., Forbes Advisor, October 16, 2024
This comprehensive article covers a number of issues including divorce trends, most common reasons for divorce and a look at various demographics.
Patricia Fersch, Forbes, October 16, 2024
Courts must balance the safety of children with the rights of both parents to parent their children. Alcohol and drug abuse make custodial decisions extremely difficult for the court especially in its role as parens patriae, the ultimate guardian of children, whose care is only "entrusted" to their parents.
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