KTRH-740 AM in Houston recently interviewed Cordell & Cordell Houston divorce attorney Bryan Abercrombie in a story about how millennials are reducing the divorce rate.
According to national statistics, younger people are delaying the years before they get married, often choosing to attain advanced education and build up a financial nest egg before tying the knot, or even forgoing marriage all together.
Millennials also cohabitate more than previous generations, sometimes with children. When those relationships do not work out, there is not a need for a legal separation or divorce, but that does not mean they do not have any legal issues to sort through.
“I think, overall, we’ve seen a decline in the divorces for younger folks, but I think there are still the same number of child-custody type cases,” Mr. Abercrombie said.
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Written by Joseph E. Cordell
Joseph E. Cordell is the Principal Partner at Cordell and Cordell, P.C., which he founded in 1990 with his wife, Yvonne. Over the past 25 years, the firm has grown to include more than 100 offices in 30 states, as well as internationally in the United Kingdom. Mr. Cordell is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Missouri and received his LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Joseph E. Cordell was named one of the Top 10 Best Family Law Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in Missouri.
