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Few people, if any, go into a marriage expecting it to end in divorce. Your marriage is supposed to last forever, but the sad truth is that a high percentage of them do not.

For many people, the prospect of pursuing a divorce action is an experience which only intensifies the emotionally challenging decision to end their marriage. Very few people, if any, enter into a marriage with another person having any idea of what might happen should the marriage fail, let alone having reached any sort of advance settlement agreement about the division of responsibilities, assets and debts in the event of a divorce.

A divorce is one of the most difficult life events person can experience. The emotional turmoil and devastation is only exaggerated when the divorce is high-conflict.

At a time when most people are thinking seriously about retirement and living on the assets and income they have acquired along with their spouse, the divorce rate for people over 50 has skyrocketed. The divorce rate is even higher for those in their second marriage.

Statistics gathered on behalf of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor shows that 85 percent of baby boomers married by 46 years of age, and 30 percent of them took the plunge more than once. Gender differences seemed to play a role in getting married, with women being more likely than men to marry.

You probably already know that a divorce is an emotional roller coaster for a married couple. The parties generally prepare themselves by meeting with attorneys and gathering the financial information they will need once proceedings are begun.

The reasons some marriages end in a divorce has been the subject of speculation for what as long as states have offered it as a means of terminating the bonds of matrimony. There is always a new list coming out claiming to be the definitive answer to the age old question:

Times have changed from the days when the only way to get a divorce was to prove that your spouse was at fault in causing the marriage to fall apart. Today, most states have made it easier to terminate a marriage by eliminating fault in favor of so-called “no-fault” grounds for divorce.

A demand by the 42-year-old husband of actress Megan Fox for spousal support has drawn new attention to the issue of alimony around the country. Brian Austin Green made the support demand in the divorce proceeding seeking to end the couple’s five-year marriage.

Following the first LGBT divorce filed in Tennessee, more people look to hire experienced family law attorneys. A leader in her field, Nashville attorney Tiffany Johns aggressively advocates for same-sex divorcees by using a practical approach in cases often ruled by emotion.