Blame it on ECONOMY for rising Divorces!

'The divorce rates dropped during the Great Depression because people couldn't afford to get divorced'

The center's 'friendly' divorces (those which are settled out of court), typically cost a low-income family

somewhere between $800 and $1,000 which has prompted 'many, many people walk away simply based on the cost of the case,' she explained. Mr Cohen has admitted that his study's figures became a bit murkier when broken down by varying states' levels of unemployment. The division rendered no effect on divorce rates, he said.