Divorce Rates in the UAE

Getting married is easy, staying married, well not really. According to the Statistics Centre - Abu Dhabi (SCAD) report, 1,922 divorce cases were recorded in 2016 as compared to 1,813 the previous year, while just 5,892 couples got married as compared to 6,037 in the same comparison period.

Furthermore, more than half of the failed marriages in Abu Dhabi did not last beyond three years. Over 28 per cent of the couples that got divorced last year did not complete one full year of marriage.

Family lawyers in Dubai are attributing the high amount of divorces to the following factors.

• Infidelity
• poor or lack of communication
• job loss or financial strain
• social media
• religious and cultural differences
• unrealistic expectations.

Comparing the top three reasons for divorce in the UK to the UAE one will find similarities

In the UAE the top three reasons are:

• Married too fast
• Communication breakdown
• Infidelity

Compared to the UK where the top three reasons would be:

• Adultery
• Unreasonable behavior
• Desertion.

Married too fast

Many couples get married too fast and too young. This happens when two people get hooked on the look and overlook fundamental differences between one another. Not knowing the partner well enough while experiencing unexpected problems of any sort could quickly put a dent in the relation. Expectations towards the partner and life with the partner might have been "dreamed of" differently. There are a lot of unforeseen things coming into play experiencing day-to-day married life

Communication breakdown

Divorce lawyers in Dubai list communication break down as a primary reason many marriages end in divorce. After a period of time, couples commonly enter into a routine. If not watched carefully, toxic patterns can set in that result in one or both parties in the marriage withdrawing from meaningful conversation. Worse, these avoidant patterns can turn into negative communication when forced. This pattern is most prominent during and after disagreements.

Cheating and infidelity

There is no question about this point; cheating and marital infidelities are major reasons people get divorced. On this point the best divorce lawyer Dubai can agree. These kinds of relationship ending behaviors happen in marriages more than you might think. Research suggests that more than 40% of people engage in some form of physical or emotional infidelity. Here the common believe is that men do it more than women. Researches suggest that acts of infidelity between the genders are almost evenly split.

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