Can Job Loss Drive Divorce Rate?

As the UK bankers loose their jobs, the number of calls to divorce lawyers have more than tripled.  And with rumors of more job losses,  UK lawyers are seeing record business.

Sandra Davis from the Mishcon de Reya law firm says, "When money looks like flying out of the window, love walks out of the door." According to reports, wives are looking to divorce before their husbands lose their jobs, and husbands are waiting until after.

Another Mishcon de Reya says,  "Businessmen who lose their job often see it as an opportunity to head straight off to the divorce court before they find a new job – so alimony payments will be based on their unemployed status."

It's activities like this that give marriage skeptics ammunition.

Source:  www.telegraph.co.uk