In 2022, the divorce rate in the United States stood at 2.4 per 1,000 of the population. Divorce in the U.S. Divorce is the termination of a marital union. In the United States, as in most other countries, it is a legal process in which a judge or another legal authority dissolves the bonds of matrimony existing between two persons. The process of divorce also normally involves issues surrounding distribution of property, financial support of the former spouse, child custody and child support. A divorce also allows a person to marry again.In the United States divorce is, like marriage, a matter for state governments, not the federal government. Although divorce laws vary from state to state, for example on which terms a divorce can be arranged, a divorce must be certified by a court of law to become effective. A declining divorce rate Over the last couple of years both the marriage rate and the divorce rate have been declining in the United States. As of 2009, the average length of a first marriage in the U.S. was eight years. The average age men were at when they went through their first divorce was 32, for women this was 30. The average length of a second marriage was about 10 years.

Number of divorces and various divorce indicators (crude divorce rate, divorce rate for married persons, age-standardized divorce rate, total divorce rate, mean and median duration of marriage, median duration of divorce proceedings, percentage of joint divorce applications), by place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.

Number of persons who divorced in a given year and age-specific divorce rates per 1,000 legally married persons, by sex or gender and place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.

Number and percentage of divorces, by type of spouse (husband, wife), marital status (single-never married, widowed, divorced) of husband and wife just prior to marriage, and place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

Number of divorces of Baja California Sur rose by 1.09% from 731 number in 2014 to 739 number in 2015. Since the 26.24% jump in 2011, number of divorces went up by 3.79% in 2015. Final legal dissolution of a marriage, i.e. the separation of husband and wife, which gives the parties the right to remarriage under civil provisions, religion or otherwise, and in accordance with the laws of each country. The figures refer to divorces by state of registration. Divorce procedures are classified according to whether divorce was requested by mutual consent (voluntary), or if any of the members of the couple filed a lawsuit for cause as defined in civil code of each state (judicial divorce).

Number of divorces, by reason of marital breakdown (separation for at least one year, adultery, physical cruelty, mental cruelty) and by place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

Divorces, by age group of wife at marriage and at divorce, 2004 to 2005.

Number of dependents involved in a divorce with a custody order, by place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

Divorces, by age group of husband at marriage and at divorce, 2004 to 2005.

Mean age and median age at divorce and at marriage, by sex and place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes case files forms part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Halifax County. Case files from 1759-1963.

Number of dependents involved in a divorce with a custody order, by place of occurrence, 2004 to 2005.

Mean age and median age at divorce and at marriage, for persons who divorced in a given year, by sex or gender and place of occurrence, 1970 to most recent year.

The Survey of Family Courts (SFC) is a long-standing online survey that documents detailed information about the contents of court orders and separation agreements. This snapshot of data collected between 2018 and 2019 focuses on custody and access, legal representation, and the relationship between legal representation and custody arrangements by parents’ gender. This report includes data from six participating superior courts located in five jurisdictions across the country: Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Yukon. Coders manually input data from court files into an electronic survey administered by Justice Canada. The survey collects data that are disaggregated by gender. It also captures whether or not parties were in a same sex relationship; however, due to the small sample size, this report does not provide a separate analysis of same sex couple data. The survey predominantly covers parents who were married and later divorced, and as a survey of court data, does not collect information on separating parents who do not use the court system. The findings of this report cannot be generalized beyond the participating courts, nor can any causal linkages be made regarding legal representation and case outcomes.

This booklet has two purposes. First, it's meant to help children learn some basic facts about family law and give them an idea of the processes that parents may go through when they separate. Second, it's meant to help children realize that it's normal for them to have an emotional response to the divorce of their parents. The booklet encourages children to think about talking to someone they trust — like parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts or family friends, neighbours or someone from their community, such as their school, church, synagogue or mosque. The language and activities in the booklet are designed for children. However, some children may need help reading the booklet. Other children may want help. They may want an adult they trust to work through the booklet with them — helping them understand key legal concepts and cope with any sense of loss, anger, confusion or anxiety. The booklet is designed to be read all the way through or just in chapters. Kids can read only the chapters that interest them. They can always go back to other chapters later if they need to. Because this is a booklet for children, a lot of technical, legal information has been left out. This booklet only provides very general information because family law is a complex subject and some aspects of family law are different in each Canadian province and territory.

Mean age and median age at marriage, for persons who married in a given year, by legal marital status, gender (when available), the couple's gender composition (when available) and place of occurrence, 1991 to most recent year.

Divorce and separation can be difficult, especially if you have children. You may feel stressed about the different decisions you need to make about parenting arrangements and financial issues. This document will give you some general information about different types of family dispute resolution processes, and help you understand the options available to you to help you come to an agreement with your former partner without going to court.

The Minister of Justice prepares a “Charter Statement” to help inform public and Parliamentary debate on a government bill. One of the Minister of Justice’s most important responsibilities is to examine legislation for consistency with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (“the Charter”). By tabling a Charter Statement, the Minister is sharing some of the key considerations that informed the review of a bill for consistency with the Charter. A Statement identifies Charter rights and freedoms that may potentially be engaged by a bill and provides a brief explanation of the nature of any engagement, in light of the measures being proposed. A Charter Statement also identifies potential justifications for any limits a bill may impose on Charter rights and freedoms. A Charter Statement is intended to provide legal information to the public and Parliament on a bill’s potential effects on rights and freedoms that are neither trivial nor too speculative. A Statement is not a legal opinion on the constitutionality of a bill.

With funding from the Department of Justice, two family law professors developed guidelines in an effort to make spousal support more predictable and consistent. The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines suggest appropriate ranges of support in a variety of situations for spouses entitled to support. The guidelines do not provide advice on whether a spouse is entitled to support. In each case, entitlement to support depends on how the law applies to their situation. The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines are not law. However, judges often base their decisions about spousal support on the guidelines. Many family lawyers also use the guideline when helping clients to make decisions and set up spousal support agreements out of court. Tools have been developed to help professionals use the guidelines. If you want to use the guidelines yourself to estimate possible spousal support amounts, be aware of key points. You first need to know if either you or your spouse is entitled to support under the law that applies in your situation. It may be a waste of your time and energy to calculate a spousal support amount if there is no legal requirement to pay it. Your lawyer can advise you on this. You may need software designed to calculate spousal support. This software will make it easier to make some of the more difficult calculations. For example, you will likely need to calculate some tax considerations. Some companies in the private sector sell software for this purpose, and many family lawyers use it. There are also online calculators that may help with simple calculations, but not with the harder calculations. The Department of Justice was not involved in the development of this software. We cannot give advice or recommendations on any software you may wish to purchase. The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines were designed to be used under the federal Divorce Act when married couples divorce. Federal, provincial and territorial family laws sometimes overlap, so courts and lawyers also often use the guidelines to calculate support amounts under provincial and territorial legislation. However, some provincial and territorial laws have unique features that these guidelines do not deal with.

Marital status refers to a person’s conjugal status. As of May 15, 2001, Canada had 8,371,000 families, up from almost 7,838,000 in 1996.