Love unites, but marriage often ends up being its grave. And once the romance is dead, the dilemma comes: break up or move on? “The majority are fed up,” says Adriana Auset convinced after 25 years divorcing couples. Despite this, official statistics indicate that marital dissolutions have fallen by more than 20% since 2012, which is partly attributed to the economic difficulties that many households are experiencing.
“It is true that many people cannot get divorced because economically the numbers are not enough,” admits the lawyer. Because the breakup may involve looking for a new home, paying for pensions and continuing to pay the debts incurred during the marriage, to which another difficulty is added: the fact of trying to live in the same way with only one salary. For all this, adds Auset, many put pros and cons on a balance “and if it is worth it to move forward, we continue.”
“Evidently, when one can’t take it anymore, even if the numbers are not available, people move forward and reinvent themselves as best they can,” he clarifies. In these cases, it will be necessary to address the economic ins and outs of the breakup: pensions for children and ex-spouses, the destiny of the family home and who will continue to assume the mortgage and loans. Issues that often end in disputes that could have been avoided with the signing of a prenuptial agreement, “a very healthy way to face a possible breakup,” says the divorce expert.
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