Tough economy hurts divorce trades

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Jeff Grumley, a marriage counselor in Loves Park, Ill., north of Rockford, said he had seen a 25 percent jump in business in recent months as couples tried to save their marriages, and their money. Ten sessions cost about $1,000, Grumley said — not exactly pocket change, but far better than the tens of thousands of dollars a divorce costs.

“I think people feel desperate,” Grumley said.

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Divorce is incredibly expensive. It won't work if they can't drag money out of their "home equity" and finance a good fight. If there is a divorce, there are more bankruptcies.

I am sure financial related conflicts contribute to domestic warfare. This gives Pastors time to work with people and help relationships be restored.
Paul in corinthians covered divorce. The carnal people wanted to divorce non believing spouses. Today they have prospects of dating unemployed partners.

In South Florida, where the condominium-heavy Miami area has been described as ground zero of the mortgage crisis, Miami-Dade County reported an 18 percent drop in divorce filings from January to May, compared to the same period last year. Perhaps not coincidentally, average real-estate prices in the area fell about 20 percent over the same period.

“What the judicial officers are telling us is that people who do come in are saying they can’t afford the cost of splitting up and going into two households — they can barely pay for the one,” said Scott L. Rubin, a marital and family lawyer in Miami who is chairman of the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar.