{"id":706,"date":"2018-10-23T09:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lundbennett.co.uk\/blog\/?p=706"},"modified":"2021-01-20T14:36:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T14:36:22","slug":"divorce-rates-on-the-rise-for-silver-splitters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lundbennett.co.uk\/blog\/divorce-rates-on-the-rise-for-silver-splitters\/","title":{"rendered":"Divorce Rates on the Rise for Silver Splitters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite latest statistics showing an overall fall in divorce rates to levels not seen since the 70s, divorce rates have actually gone up among those who would have been little more than teenagers back then.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Middle aged divorcees have been labelled silver splitters in the newspapers who have pointed at the latest statistics as evidence that people are more likely to seek a new life without their partners when kids have left home and some couples are forced to look more closely at their relationship. Unfortunately, the statistics show the verdict is often that there is nothing left to keep a marriage together.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The official verdict from the ONS for the rise in divorce rates in the 50s and 60s age group is that people can look forward to living longer and getting married again in later life if they feel a marriage has run its course.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While a new life can seem like an appealing prospect, divorcing in middle age can be more difficult than it is for young people. Finances are often interlinked with joint accounts, pensions, houses and other assets often shared between married couples. Then there is the question of wills.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Divorces must be carefully planned, therefore, to avoid at least some of the disputes that may arise as the process gets underway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite latest statistics showing an overall fall in divorce rates to levels not seen since the 70s, divorce rates have actually gone up among those who would have been little more than teenagers back then.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Middle aged divorcees have been labelled silver splitters in the newspapers who have pointed at the latest statistics as evidence… Read More »Divorce Rates on the Rise for Silver Splitters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57,207,229,149,83,247,170,126,259,224,86,231,175,258],"tags":[3,12,13,261,58,49,169,42,9,19,181,260],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adultery","category-adultery-and-divorce","category-court","category-digital-divorce","category-divorce","category-divorce-cases","category-divorce-law","category-divorce-rate","category-divorce-rates-on-the-rise","category-divorce-settlement-breaches","category-divorce-settlements","category-getting-a-divorce","category-lund-bennett","category-silver-splitters","tag-divorce-law","tag-divorce-laws","tag-divorce-lawyer","tag-divorce-rates-on-the-rise","tag-divorce-settlements","tag-divorce-solicitors","tag-family-law","tag-family-law-lawyers-altrincham","tag-lund-bennett","tag-lund-bennett-law","tag-matrimonial-property-rules","tag-silver-splitters"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t