#721 - Marriage and Divorce Decline during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The divorce rate in the United State dropped about 20% over the last decade, according to data from the latest U.S. Census.

But what about during the COVID-19 pandemic? Did the added stress affect marriages? Have divorce rates actually risen since the coronavirus entered our lives?

To find out, KING 5 combed through the last 20 months of caseloads in Washington State’s Superior Courts where divorces are processed.

We found dissolutions, which is the legal term for divorce filings, did go up in Washington state in spring 2021. But that's probably not because of the stress of the pandemic.

"There's a very pronounced seasonal pattern to divorce,” explained Julie Brines, a sociologist at the University of Washington with a Ph.D. from Harvard. “[Divorce filing] happens to peak in March, pretty consistently throughout the country, and then dips fairly dramatically in April. There also tends to be another peak in August and September, right after the summer vacation period."

Join your host Sean Reynolds, owner of Summit Properties NW, and Reynolds & Kline Appraisal as he takes a look at this developing topic.

https://www.king5.com/article/news/verify/verify-covid-pandemic-divorce-rates/281-fbfb42d3-789b-4f4f-8106-8d73e619e54b

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