Arkansas ranks fourth nationally in its rate of divorce and the state's divorce rate climbed between 2014 and 2015 while the national rate declined.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports data from Bowling Green State University's National Center for Family and Marriage Research indicates Arkansas' divorce rate climbed from 22.3 divorces per 1,000 married women in 2014 to 25.3 in 2015. The national rate dropped from 17.6 to 16.9, the lowest rate in at least 40 years. Arkansas had the nation's seventh-highest divorce rate in 2014.
Family law attorneys say more people marry younger in Arkansas than in other state and couples often have clashing marital expectations, contributing to divorces. In addition, attorneys say they're seeing a higher number of divorces among couples who have been married 30 years or longer.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports data from Bowling Green State University's National Center for Family and Marriage Research indicates Arkansas' divorce rate climbed from 22.3 divorces per 1,000 married women in 2014 to 25.3 in 2015. The national rate dropped from 17.6 to 16.9, the lowest rate in at least 40 years. Arkansas had the nation's seventh-highest divorce rate in 2014.
Family law attorneys say more people marry younger in Arkansas than in other state and couples often have clashing marital expectations, contributing to divorces. In addition, attorneys say they're seeing a higher number of divorces among couples who have been married 30 years or longer.
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