According to a new study, Valentine’s Day may be an occasion for sweethearts to exchange gifts, but it has increasingly become a time for divorce. Data compiled by Avvo.com, found that divorce filings skyrocket about 40 percent this time of year.
Quoted in an article in the New York Post, Kelly Chang, a Los Angeles-based divorce lawyer said she has seen an increase in divorce filings shortly after Valentine’s Day.
“This can be attributed to two major groups of people: the ‘Delayed New Year’s Resoluters’ who are merely moving forward on their resolution to be single, just a month late, and the ‘Waiting to Exhalers,’ who, depending on the actions of their spouses on Valentine’s Day, will either reconcile or file for divorce,” she said.
Some attribute this spike with people waiting until after the Christmas holidays to move forward. One lawyer attributed this to people waiting until finding out what their spouse’s bonus and income situation will be in the New Year. With many people’s bonuses surpassing their base salary, there many be some truth to this Valentine’s Day blimp.
Valentine’s Day-D-day for Divorce
February 14, 2011 by evasachs
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