The consequences of divorce : the report of the OPCS Consequences of Divorce Survey carried out on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department

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The consequences of divorce : the report of the OPCS Consequences of Divorce Survey carried out on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department

Janet Gregory, Kate Foster

HMSO, 1990

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What happens when a couple divorce? What are the financial consequences? This survey, carried out in 1984 by OPCS on behalf of the Lord Chancellor's Department, examines these questions and covers changes in the position of divorcing couples and their children with respect to housing, employment status, sources and amounts of income, and indebtedness before and after the divorce.

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  • Who are the divorced?
  • employment and occupational class
  • income
  • debts and arrears
  • the matrimonial home
  • the arrangements for the children of the family
  • financial settlements - maintenance, lump sum payments and other regular and occasional payments
  • the use of solicitors
  • the sample of past divorces.

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