As a child witnessing divorce I already had a faint scene of what it meant to get a divorce. Linking it back to American media, I could always recall watching TV shows and movies that had to do with divorce. Growing up I knew that divorce was a part of American culture, in our current age separation of marriages is no rare occurrence. For instance, in the article “Breaking Up is Hard to Count: The Rise of Divorce in the United States, 1980-2010” by Kennedy Sheela tells about how the history of divorce and whether its climbed, decreased, or stayed the same. Sheela stated “By the 1980’s, most demographic analysis agreed that about one-half of marriages then being contracted would end in divorce…. Life table estimates based on more recent data also suggest that nearly one-half of marriages will end in divorce” (558). The life table estimate was taken from 2003, so from 1980-2003 Americas history of divorce did not change. When talking about a topic history as huge as divorce it’s no surprise that it has yet to change. However, when talking about such a huge topic the information available is limitless, yet my history with divorce is a blurry one as I grew up knowing only about what I observed. In this case my history of separation came sticly from what the media taught me rather than an external source. Ultimately compelling me to write this …show more content…
Divorce requires certain steps and protocols, the first of which is a divorce pension. A pension is a written by one spouse and served on the other spouse. Once completed its filed in a state court where the spouses reside; however, it always isn’t that simple there’s been several cases in which the process has taken several years. For instance, the average length is from zero to six months, with the longest divorce case being a shocking 21 years! Personally my parents’ divorce lasted roughly 3 months, yet it goes to show how a break up of a marriage can be a pain of a process. For example, in the article “Perceived Control of the Divorce Settlement process and Interparental Conflict” by Curtis Bay and Stanford Braver sates the complications of the process. Bay and Braver claimed “If one perceives aspects as being beyond one’s control, one may experience his/her behavioral freedom threatened” showing the process can be quite troublesome (382). The previous citation goes to show the audience how the divorce process can easily become an obstacle in one’s life. However, once getting over the first steps it all becomes a matter of agreeing on a set plan of action and resolving the issues at hand. In my situation the process was done swiftly as both my parents knew what was best and how to get everything settled before my father left. Ultimately, leaving