Divorce of same-sex couples

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The extension of civil marriage, union, and domestic partnership rights to same-sex couples in various jurisdictions can raise legal issues upon dissolution of these unions that are not experienced by opposite-sex couples.

Divorce rates

The divorce rate of same-sex couples within 30 months of the introduction of legally binding civil partnerships was slightly less than one percent in the United Kingdom.^[1]

A study on short-term same-sex registered partnerships in Norway and Sweden found that divorce rates were higher for same-sex couples than opposite-sex marriages, and that unions of lesbians are considerably less stable, or more dynamic, than unions of gay men.^[2] The authors cited that this may be due to same-sex couples "non-involvement in joint parenthood", "lower exposure to normative pressure about the necessity of life-long unions" as well as differing motivations for getting married.^[2] On the other hand, as of 1997, the same-sex partnership divorce rate was significantly lower than that of heterosexual couples in Denmark.^[3]

See also

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• Status of same-sex marriage — status around the world
• Civil partnerships — United Kingdom same-sex counterpart to marriage
• Pacte civil de solidarité — ("Civil pact of solidarity") French civil unions, available to same-sex and opposite-sex couples
• Civil union, Domestic partnership — other non-marriage legal unions available to same-sex couples in certain jurisdictions
• Same sex divorce laws in Canada

Notes

1. ^ Tony Grew (August 7, 2008). "Less than 1% of civil partnerships end in ‘divorce’". Pink News. http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8638.html. Retrieved April 20, 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Andersson, Gunnar (February 2006) (PDF). The Demographics of Same-Sex "Marriages“ in Norway and Sweden. 43. Demography. pp. 79–98. http://www-same-sex.ined.fr/WWW/04Doc124Gunnar.pdf.  Text version.
3. ^ Marian Jones (May 01, 1997). "Lessons from a Gay Marriage: Despite stereotypes of gay relationships as short-lived, gay unions highlight the keys to success". Psychology Today. http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/199705/lessons-gay-marriage. Retrieved April 20, 2011.