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09/10/2013
The findings have been released seven years after the introduction of same-sex civil unions (in 2005) and six years after the number of couples forming the partnerships peaked.
The results from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also revealed that lesbian couples are significantly more likely to dissolve their civil partnerships than gay men.
According to the ONS, there were 7,037 new civil partnerships formed in the UK last year – a 3.6% increase from the previous year. Overall, since 2005, 60,454 same-sex couples have chosen to form a civil partnership.
However, the number of dissolutions in England and Wales increased by a fifth to 794 last year, from 663 in 2011, and almost six in 10 dissolutions involved female couples.
The ONS said the rise in broken relationships reflected the issue that there are more civil partners in the UK each year.
Vicki McLynn, a partner in the family department at Pannone Solicitors, is quoted in The Telegraph as saying: "The likelihood of civil partnerships experiencing a seven-year itch should perhaps not come as that much of a surprise given that the issues which the couples involved face are broadly the same as those who are married.
"Earlier this year, we learned that the greatest possibility of husbands and wives divorcing occurs when they have been married between four and eight years and these new figures fit that pattern for civil partners too.
"It's also apparent that women are more prepared than men to make the move to end a failing relationship, just as is the case in heterosexual marriages.
"More than half the dissolutions recorded in 2012 ended female partnerships and women were almost twice as likely as men to break up a civil partnership."
Alison Hawes, a family lawyer at Irwin Mitchell, added: "The number of civil partnerships that have taken place is reaching a substantial critical mass now and it is expected that these relationships will follow the general trends of marriage and divorce.
"It is a common generalisation that there is a seven-year itch when relationships supposedly become more difficult. In reality, it is often a few years into relationships that couples think about separating as things may not have worked out as planned.
"The statistics show that the first 10 years are the most vulnerable in a marriage, and the same seems to be true of civil partnerships."
(JP/CD)
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'Seven-Year Itch' For Civil Partnerships
Official figures have revealed that the number of same-sex couples dissolving their marriage has increased by 20%, suggesting evidence of a "seven-year itch" for the first time.The findings have been released seven years after the introduction of same-sex civil unions (in 2005) and six years after the number of couples forming the partnerships peaked.
The results from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also revealed that lesbian couples are significantly more likely to dissolve their civil partnerships than gay men.
According to the ONS, there were 7,037 new civil partnerships formed in the UK last year – a 3.6% increase from the previous year. Overall, since 2005, 60,454 same-sex couples have chosen to form a civil partnership.
However, the number of dissolutions in England and Wales increased by a fifth to 794 last year, from 663 in 2011, and almost six in 10 dissolutions involved female couples.
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The ONS said the rise in broken relationships reflected the issue that there are more civil partners in the UK each year.
Vicki McLynn, a partner in the family department at Pannone Solicitors, is quoted in The Telegraph as saying: "The likelihood of civil partnerships experiencing a seven-year itch should perhaps not come as that much of a surprise given that the issues which the couples involved face are broadly the same as those who are married.
"Earlier this year, we learned that the greatest possibility of husbands and wives divorcing occurs when they have been married between four and eight years and these new figures fit that pattern for civil partners too.
"It's also apparent that women are more prepared than men to make the move to end a failing relationship, just as is the case in heterosexual marriages.
"More than half the dissolutions recorded in 2012 ended female partnerships and women were almost twice as likely as men to break up a civil partnership."
Alison Hawes, a family lawyer at Irwin Mitchell, added: "The number of civil partnerships that have taken place is reaching a substantial critical mass now and it is expected that these relationships will follow the general trends of marriage and divorce.
"It is a common generalisation that there is a seven-year itch when relationships supposedly become more difficult. In reality, it is often a few years into relationships that couples think about separating as things may not have worked out as planned.
"The statistics show that the first 10 years are the most vulnerable in a marriage, and the same seems to be true of civil partnerships."
(JP/CD)
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