1/4 of divorce cases involve allegations of IPV

In 70% of divorce cases involving allegations of IPV, the allegation is deemed to be unnecessary or false

The higher the wife’s % of household income, the higher likelihood of divorce

Income ratios that conform to egalitarian power relations do not have a stabilizing effect on marriage

>2/3 of divorce cases are filed by wives

2/3 of divorce cases are filed by wives

Wives are more likely to instigate separation than husbands

Women are significantly more likely to file for divorce when they’re confident of winning custody

Men are 28% more likely to not receive any child support owed to them (32%) than women are (25.1%)

Women are 5% more likely to have received all child support owed to them (43.6%) than men are (41.4%)

66% of divorces initiated by women

Rate of intentionally false child abuse/neglect allegations is 3x higher during custody/access disputes than otherwise (12% vs. 4% of all cases)

Mothers’ requests for sole legal custody granted at rate 65% higher than fathers’ requests granted

Mothers’ who sought sole custody were also granted primary physical custody in 73.8% and 95% of cases

37.9% of fathers have no access/visitation rights

20% of mothers saw no value whatsoever in the father’s continued contact with his children and actively tried to sabotage the meetings

For “no fault” divorce cases, a woman has legal grounds to oppose a grant while a man does not

Courts have financial and performance incentives to increase frequency of child support rulings, increase amount of child support rulings, custody arrangements which require mediation for access/visitation, and other such conflicts of interest

Women initiate the majority of divorces

~70% of divorce filings are initiated by women

Divorce is more likely when men’s earnings are lower or declining

In families undergoing custody disputes in the court, 21% of women made allegations of physical child abuse against their husbands, 23% of sexual child abuse, and 55% of IPV. Only 6%, 6%, and 41% of the accusations, respectively, were substantiated by the courts.

In-kind child support – non-cash goods – constitutes 1/4 of total child support, yet is rarely considered in reports on “deadbeat dads”

Children whose fathers lack stable employment (i.e. – who are unable to make child support payments) or are Black receive a greater proportion of their total support in kind

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