Divorce of same-sex couples
The extension of civil marriage, union, and domestic partnership rights to same-sex couples in various jurisdictions can raise legal issues upon dissolution of these unions that are not experienced by opposite-sex couples.
[edit] Divorce rates
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The divorce rate of same-sex couples within 30 months of the introduction of legally binding civil partnerships was slightly less than one percent in the United Kingdom.[1]
A study on short-term same-sex registered partnerships in Norway and Sweden found that divorce rates were higher for same-sex couples than opposite-sex marriages, and that unions of lesbians are considerably less stable, or more dynamic, than unions of gay men.[2] The authors cited that this may be due to same-sex couples "non-involvement in joint parenthood", "lower exposure to normative pressure about the necessity of life-long unions" as well as differing motivations for getting married.[2] On the other hand, as of 1997, the same-sex partnership divorce rate was significantly lower than that of heterosexual couples in Denmark.[3]
[edit] See also
- Status of same-sex marriage — status around the world
- Civil partnerships — United Kingdom same-sex counterpart to marriage
- Pacte civil de solidarité — ("Civil pact of solidarity") French civil unions, available to same-sex and opposite-sex couples
- Civil union, Domestic partnership — other non-marriage legal unions available to same-sex couples in certain jurisdictions
- Same sex divorce laws in Canada
[edit] Notes
- ^ Tony Grew (August 7, 2008). "Less than 1% of civil partnerships end in ‘divorce’". Pink News. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8638.html. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
- ^ a b Andersson, Gunnar (February 2006) (PDF). The Demographics of Same-Sex "Marriages“ in Norway and Sweden. 43. Demography. pp. 79–98. http://www-same-sex.ined.fr/WWW/04Doc124Gunnar.pdf. Text version.
- ^ Marian Jones (May 01, 1997). "Lessons from a Gay Marriage: Despite stereotypes of gay relationships as short-lived, gay unions highlight the keys to success". Psychology Today. http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199705/lessons-gay-marriage. Retrieved April 20, 2011.
