"Devastation of divorce" from Deseret News (Utah)The Census Bureau found that 28.3 percent of all custodial parents live with incomes that qualify as below the official poverty level. But as sobering as this is, it is more alarming to consider that parents who undergo divorce see their chances of falling into poverty double. Those custodial parents (most often women) who do fall into poverty tend to rely on child-support payments for 62.6 percent of their income, on average. This makes the failure to receive these funds devastating.....Even children who are not poor before a divorce find their incomes dropping by 50 percent after the divorce as parents establish their separate homes.
"I'm Headed For Divorce -- Even Though I'm Not Even Married Yet" by Natasha Burton (Huffington Post) My aforementioned divorced parents (a.k.a the people who've made me unmarriageable) didn't have the kind of split after which birthdays and holidays were jointly observed. Whether I switched off or celebrated twice, for most of my life I've chosen one place -- one parent -- over the other. My mom and dad each created their own, very separate lives, which I assume is pretty standard operating procedure when you're no longer married.
I don't want to copy the past and copy the whole thing, it is so worth the read. Trust me.
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