Divorce Evolution: From 1800s to Modern Trends Explained #shorts

Lesson Transcript

You know, in the 1800s, you never saw anyone getting divorced, and very little until you got to the— a few in the 50s, and, you know, it started increasing in the 60s. And then after 1970, you could almost guarantee there was going to be a divorce before it got into the 90s. So I had to, you know, as part of examining the title, you know, read a lot of divorce papers.

And the thing I noticed, and I was looking at land, and so these were not like newlyweds; these were a bit more mature couples, that when there were children involved, the divorce was almost always filed by the mother. I think I maybe saw one or two where a father filed for divorce.