The times when the divorce was a rarity and universally condemned, remained in the distant past. Since the seventies of the last century, the number of divorces in Russia is at least 500 thousand a year. This means that thousands of families are broken every year.
What does the divorce statistics in Russia look like?
The statistics that are kept in the registrars of the country are disappointing. Every year the popularity of registered marriage falls. The difference between the number of marriages and divorces in Russia is declining year by year. In modern society, civil marriage is fashionable. But many people do not take into account the fact that civil marriage does not give spouses virtually any rights and duties in relation to each other.
Statistics of divorces in Russia in 2013 - is 667,971 for 12,25501 marriages. Thus, the percentage of divorces in Russia in 2013 was 54.5%.
Demographers explain such a sad statistics by the fact that at the present time the marriage age of boys and girls born in the early nineties has come. And the nineties were distinguished by a very low birth rate and many families were considered extremely unsuccessful at that time. Nevertheless, this is not the only reason that many married couples in Russia are divorced.
Causes of divorce in Russia
Many girls and young people remember their wedding day for life. This day gives a lot of joy to the groom with the bride, their relatives and friends. Of course, the wedding day is the birthday of a new family. Unfortunately, as the statistics show, many unions are not strong and soon break up. The duration of approximately 15% of family unions in 2013 was about a year.
According to numerous sociological surveys, experts have identified the main causes of divorce in the Russian Federation:
- Alcoholism and drug addiction. This cause is the most common, and causes the disintegration of 41% of marriages.
- Lack of own housing. For this reason, about 26% of couples are divorced.
- Intervention of relatives in family life. This cause causes about 14% of divorces.
- The inability to have a child - 8% of divorces.
- Long separated living - 6% of divorces.
- Imprisonment is 2%.
- Long-term illness of the spouse - 1%.
Also, sociologists have identified a number of reasons that prevent spouses from divorcing. The most common - it is difficult to "divide" children (35%), the difficulty with the division of property (30%), the material dependence of one spouse on the other (22%), the disagreement of a husband or wife for divorce (18%).
The very procedure of divorce in Russia is quite simple. The couple or one of them writes an application for divorce. Dissolve the marriage can be in the registry office or in court. In the Registry Office you can get a divorce only if your spouse wishes to be together, even when they do not have underage children. Together with the application, the spouses are provided with their passports, a marriage certificate and a receipt for payment of the state duty for divorce in the registry office. Payment of the state duty for divorce can be made through the cash register office or through the bank. A month later - the due time for consideration, the spouses receive a certificate of divorce and a mark in the passport that the marriage is terminated. In the presence of minor children, a divorce is carried out only in a judicial procedure.
Divorce with a foreigner in Russia is also carried out only through a court. The procedure for divorce with a foreigner is longer and requires additional documents for its implementation. To make this process as simple as possible, the plaintiff should seek the assistance of a lawyer.