Assistance With Your Divorce Matters In DuPage County

Each divorce can be as diverse as the people involved. Divorce is often quite complex. People get divorced for many reasons. There are psychological, emotional, and religious reasons for divorce, or divorce as a result of infidelity, dishonesty, and abuse. The age in which you are married can increase the likelihood of divorce as well as views on children. Sometimes people's priorities simply change.

One of the many common themes for divorce is a lack of trust. Couples who experience infidelity during their marriage have a tough time reestablishing trust in the cheating spouse. Any type of dishonesty in the marriage, especially about finances, can also be a contributing factor. An emotional divorce can occur when one or both partners detach themselves emotionally from the marriage. Most of the time the emotionally detached spouse is the one that initiates the divorce process. Since they are emotionally detached, they seek to become legally detached as well. Divorce as a result of religious beliefs is not uncommon today. One spouse may have a renewed sense of faith after years of living a relatively spiritually free existence. Differences in which religion to bring up children can also be a huge component. Emotions run high when a person's faith is involved, bringing vast differences in the relationship to the forefront.

Divorce isn't easy. After the death of a child and the death of a spouse, divorce is listed as the third most traumatic experience a person can go through. After divorce, people have to reestablish themselves financially, emotionally, and personally.

It can be easy to focus on your situation emotionally rather than logically. As a result, people can make poor decisions that may affect them legally and financially for years to come. Speak to an experienced family law attorney that will fight for your current and future interests during this difficult time. Contact Family Law Attorney Vincent Ruggiero at 630-654-0044 for assistance with your divorce matters in DuPage, Will, Kane, and Cook Counties.

What Is The Divorce Rate In The US?

Though the divorce rate is thankfully falling, still over 40 percent of marriages in our country end in divorce. A few speculative reasons why the divorce rate is lower as of late include the state of our economy, couples marrying later in life, fewer couples marrying, and the increase in cohabitation prior to marriage. [The paternity court call (which decides child custody and support for unwed couples) is growing enormously.] In 2011, there were 877,000 divorces (excluding data from California, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Louisiana, and Minnesota), which is down about one percent from 2010.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 20% of marriages end in divorce within five years, 35% end in divorce within 10 years, 43% end in divorce within 15 years, and 50% of marriages end in divorce within 20 years. Even with those statistics, a married couple is still more stable than an unmarried couple cohabiting. The likelihood of a premarital cohabitation ending within five years is 49% compared to 20% for married couples. And 62% of premarital cohabitations end within 10 years, compared to 35% for married couples.

Even though our country's divorce rate is accurate, the statistical analysis ought not stop there. For example, couples between the ages of 20 to 24 have the highest rate of divorce and are twice as likely to get a divorce compared to couples who marry between the ages 25 to 29 years old.

Reasons for divorce differ just as much as the two people involved, so many factors come into play. For more in depth information pertaining to your specific scenario, contact Illinois Divorce Attorney Vincent Ruggiero at 630-654-0044 for assistance with your divorce matters in DuPage, Will, Kane, and Cook Counties.

Vincent C. Ruggiero, Esq.
Contested Divorce, Custody, Maintenance,
Property & Business Division - Lawyer 1984,
CPA, Certified Mediator, Former "Fellow"
Illinois Collaborative Law Institute
website: RuggieroFamilyLaw.com
office: 630.654.0044
fax: 630.654.0150