Missouri Divorce Statistics

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Missouri Divorce Statistics of 2003

• Couples belonging to the age group 45 to 54 recorded the maximum number of divorces within other age groups. There were 3,793 divorces for women and 4,490 divorces for men
• During the divorce procedure, almost 6 percent of the divorcing husbands were awarded child support
• In 23 percent of the cases, no child support was awarded
• In 69 percent of the cases, mothers were awarded child support
• 55 percent of the mothers were awarded sole custody
• 10 percent of the fathers were awarded sole custody
• In about 2 percent of the cases, grandparents or other relatives were offered custody
• Joint legal custody was finalized in 35 percent of the cases
• 51 percent of the total divorces in the state involved children
• Due to the divorce of their parents, 11,081 children were affected
• In this year, there were 22,166 divorces
• 3.9 divorces were recorded for every 1,000 population

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