It's always said that seven years after marriage is when couples start to get itchy feet and are most likely to divorce, but new statistics are now proving otherwise.
A recent survey has discovered that the peak times for couples to break up is after two years of marriage and that 10 per cent of those divorces are due to infidelity.
More and more couples are now splitting up due to divorces being easier to do. DIY divorce now makes the process of how to divorce faster, cheaper and easier.
The survey, produced by Divorce-Online, which has just managed its 50,000th divorce, surveyed more than 11,000 cases.
Divorce-Online's survey also revealed that the first five years of marriage is when married couples are at most risk from a partner having an affair.
In most divorce cases men were the cheaters and women started divorce proceedings in 80 per cent of divorces.
Christine Northam, of the organisation Relate, who wasn't shocked by the divorce rates, commented on the results:
"Younger marriages tend to be less stable. Possibly it was not strong enough to start: one of them wanted a wedding, or there was pregnancy, peer pressure.
"It all feels too much too soon - and one starts looking outside the marriage."
The survey also showed that almost 25 per cent of couples used the ground for divorce of "unreasonable behaviour" and in 60 per cent of divorce cases, again, the women served the divorce papers first.
But mostly the main divorce law used by couples, in the case of DIY divorces, was a two-year separation, with 44 per cent of couples using this ground for divorce.
According to Divorce-Online, online divorces have increased by 52 per cent in the last six months.
As the credit crunch bites, more and more people are using the DIY divorce route to save money, as well as to speed up the divorce process.
Divorce-Online lets couples divorce for as little as £65, rather than them having to pay around £2,000 for a solicitor.
Lawpack, the self-help legal publisher, also produces a Separation and DIY Divorce Kit, which allows couples to split for as little as £12.99.
The Kit helps someone thinking of divorce to find out whether a DIY divorce is right for them.
Mat Fidge of Lawpack says: "Lawpack's DIY Divorce Kit will help you arrange a quick divorce, with minimum fuss and minimum expense.
"But if a DIY divorce isn't right for you, it tells you how you can find professional help at a fraction of the usual price, and it helps you to prepare the information you'll need before visiting a lawyer so you can keep your solicitor's costs down."
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