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Divorce is defined as the legal dissolution of marriage. A divorce rate is the number of divorcers per 100 of the population per annum. However, the only way to calculate divorce rate is by using statistics. Statistics are only “snap shots” and don’t tell you how or why. The also don’t take into account the “hidden iceberg.” Divorce may be the tip of the iceberg that you can actually see but what bout those people contemplating on getting a divorce. Divorce isn’t the only indication on of marital breakdowns. What about: - · Legal separations – where the partners are separated from each other but the marriage itself still carries on. · Desertion – where one of the partners leaves the household. · Empty Shell Marriages – where marriages go on but there are no romantic feelings between the partners. These factors make it hard to actually calculate how many marriages are actually in jeopardy. In this century the number of divorces has increased by 200% in Britain. After the Divorce Reform Act 1941 the number of divorces have doubled. We in Britain have the highest divorce rate in world. 1 in 3 marriages end in divorce. The marked peak of the increase in divorces was about 1945 at the end o