Gay ‘divorce’ jumps 20pc

[ukhudshanskiy]

Figures from the Office for National Statistics  showed that lesbian couples are markedly more likely to dissolve civil partnerships than gay men.
Family lawyers said that the patterns mirrored those for heterosexual couples in which marriages which break down typically do so between four and eight years in, with women are more likely to file for divorce than men.

Overall the figures show that since civil partnerships were introduced in 2005, a total of 60,454 gay and lesbian couples have opted to form one – or 120,908 people.

The figure compares with a Government estimate in 2004 suggesting a likely take-up of between 11,000 and 22,000 people in Britain by 2010.

The number of dissolutions in England and Wales rose from 663 in 2011 to 794 last year – an increase of one fifth. Figures for Scotland are not yet available.
Almost six out of 10 dissolutions involved female couples.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/sex/divorce/10363274/Gay-divorce-jumps-20pc-as-seven-year-itch-hits-civil-partnerships.html