Family and Consumer Sciences Transitioning Through Divorce: The Six Types of Divorce

Nearly 50 % of all first marriages and approximately 62 % of remarriages in the U.S. end in divorce. One-half of all divorces involve children. Divorce rates have remained about the same for the past ten years. As you and your spouse join millions of couples in the U.S. who go through divorce each year, it may be a challenging period for you emotionally. This series, Transitioning Through Divorce, is intended to help individuals have a “good divorce” — where you main-tain at least the same level of emotional well-being as before the divorce. This fact sheet provides information regarding six different types of divorce. Each type will affect indi-viduals in a different way. By learning about the processes, you may be able to move through each typ