Figures Derived from the Official Records of the State of California:

Divorces Figures for California:

Year, CA Div.,L.A. Div.,CA Mar.,Divorce %
1996 169,416 38,026 219,039 77.35%
1997 165,547 37,501 237,669 69.65%
1998 161,905 35,706 194,108 83.41%
2000 156,078 36,551 196,896 79.27%
2001 154,672 38,850 224,241 68.98%
2002 160,854 40,468 217,880 73.83%
2003 148,511 38,811 194,914 76.19%

Average Divorce Rate: 75.54%**

**Reference: Court Statistics Reports for 1996-2004.

In article <QoDde.3940$V01.2841@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.n et>, Jaycee
says...Figures Derived from the Official Records of the State of California:Divorces Figures for California:Year, CA Div.,L.A. Div.,CA Mar.,Divorce %1996 169,416 38,026 219,039 77.35%1997 165,547 37,501 237,669 69.65%1998 161,905 35,706 194,108 83.41%2000 156,078 36,551 196,896 79.27%2001 154,672 38,850 224,241 68.98%2002 160,854 40,468 217,880 73.83%2003 148,511 38,811 194,914 76.19%Average Divorce Rate: 75.54%**

You don't even understand why you are
incorrect in your assertion that the
average divorce rate is 75%.

Crash Street Kidd


**Reference: Court Statistics Reports for 1996-2004.

Crash Street Kidd wrote:
In article <QoDde.3940$V01.2841@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.n et>, Jaycee says...Figures Derived from the Official Records of the State of California:Divorces Figures for California:Year, CA Div.,L.A. Div.,CA Mar.,Divorce %1996 169,416 38,026 219,039 77.35%1997 165,547 37,501 237,669 69.65%1998 161,905 35,706 194,108 83.41%2000 156,078 36,551 196,896 79.27%2001 154,672 38,850 224,241 68.98%2002 160,854 40,468 217,880 73.83%2003 148,511 38,811 194,914 76.19%Average Divorce Rate: 75.54%** You don't even understand why you are incorrect in your assertion that the average divorce rate is 75%. Crash Street Kidd**Reference: Court Statistics Reports for 1996-2004.

But if the percentage column is a Statistician's figure, it is hellishly
high, even allowing for Hollywood. Reno isn't in Calif, is it? I would
like to see the official average length of a marriage. Must look up the
Aussie figures. Here, both marriage laws and divorce laws are Federal, so
there are no States with "easy exits."* Saw a stat recently that soon
single-parent families will exceed two-parent ones.

Here is what I found in a quick search:

REGISTERED MARRIAGES

Number registered

In 2002 there were 105,400 marriages registered in Australia, an increase of 2,300 (2%) when compared with 2001 and a decrease of 11,800 (10%) on 1982.

Downward trend

While marriage rates per 1,000 unmarried population (aged 15 years and over) are not yet available for 2002, the marriage rate trend since 1981 shows that marriage is declining. Marriage rates for the unmarried population fell in 2001 to 31 per 1,000 unmarried men and 28 per 1,000 unmarried women from 35 and 32, respectively in 2000 and 55 and 53, respectively in 1982.

Doug L.


*But I still recall that a Family Court Judge who loved to go on circuit to
Shepparton, where I practised for a while, was welcomed by our Law
Association President as "keeping the divorce rate here down," because he
was well known to throw out a divorce applic for the slightest error, where
other Judges would give leave to amend.
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