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- Divorce rates in 2022 were 6.7 for men and 6.6 for women per 1,000 of the male or female married population. These were lower than rates in 2021, when it was 9.5 for men and 9.4 for women per 1,000 of the married population.
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Feb 22, 2024 · Divorce rates in 2022 were 6.7 for men and 6.6 for women per 1,000 of the male or female married population (including both opposite-sex and same-sex couples); lower than rates in 2021, with...
Feb 22, 2024 · Divorces in England and Wales: 2022. Annual divorce numbers and rates, by duration of marriage, sex and to whom granted and reason. From: Office for National Statistics.
Nov 2, 2022 · Annual statistics on the number of divorce and divorce rates, by petitioner and decree granted, sex and duration of marriage. Explorable dataset for divorces in England and Wales Dataset |...
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This publication presents statistics on activity in the family courts of England and Wales and provides figures for the latest quarter (January to March 2022). For further information and technical details please refer to the accompanying Guide to Family Court Statistics. For feedback related to the content of this publication, please let us know a...
Volumes of new cases starting across most Family Justice areas have increased since the end of 2021 although were lower than the same time period last year, which showed the highest levels of cases starting in the published time series (at 74,000 cases started). Closed cases have decreased in most areas, although there was a record high for the clo...
Decreases in both the number of cases started and cases disposed in Family Courts In January to March 2022, 68,134 new cases started in family courts, down 6% on the equivalent quarter in 2021. This was due to decreases in most case types: financial remedy (18%), adoption (17%), private law (9%) and matrimonial (2%) cases. However, there was an inc...
Increase in the number of public law case starts and decrease in the number of cases disposed There were 4,248 public law cases starting in January to March 2022, up 4% compared to the equivalent quarter in 2021. Cases disposed were down 16% to 3,426 (Table 2). Average time for care proceedings continues upward trend The average time for a care and...
Decrease in the number of private law case starts and cases disposed The number of private law cases[footnote 3]started decreased by 9% (to 13,197) in January to March 2022 compared to the equivalent quarter in 2021. The number of applications made decreased by 7% over the same period. The number of private law cases disposed of during January to M...
Cases with legal representation take longer on average In general, cases where either both parties or the respondent only had legal representation took longerto be disposed of than those cases where only the applicant was represented or where both parties were without legal representation (Table 10). Legal representation in private law cases The re...
Decrease in the number of divorce petitions and decree absolutes Divorce petitions were down by 2% in January to March 2022 compared to the same period in the previous year. Decree absolutes granted were down by 20% in January to March 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. Average time for proceedings remains unchanged Average time from petitio...
Decrease seen in financial remedy applications and disposals events In January to March 2022, the number of financial remedy applications was down 16% and the number of disposal events was down 10% compared to the same period in 2021 (Table 15). There were 10,815 financial remedy applications made in January to March 2022, down 16% from the same pe...
Increase in the number of domestic violence remedy applications and decrease in the number of orders made In January to March 2022, there was a 3% increase in applications made compared to the equivalent quarter in 2021. The number of orders made decreased by 8% over the same period (Table 16). In January to March 2022, there were 8,238 domestic vi...
Decrease in the number of adoption applications and orders During January to March 2022, there were 1,014 adoption applications made, down 14% from the equivalent quarter in 2021. Over the same period, the number of adoption orders issued also decreased by 24% to 890 (Tables 19 and 20). There were 2,048 applications under the Adoption and Children ...
Feb 22, 2024 · Divorce rates in 2022 were 6.7 for men and 6.6 for women per 1,000 of the male or female married population. These were lower than rates in 2021, when it was 9.5 for men and 9.4 for women per...
Feb 22, 2024 · Divorce rates in 2022 were 6.7 for men and 6.6 for women per 1,000 of the male or female married population. These were lower than rates in 2021, when it was 9.5 for men and 9.4 for women...
Mar 30, 2023 · There were 24,273 divorce applications under the new legislation this quarter: New divorce legislation came into effect from 6th April.
