How many couples that are still married today are interracial? 1 out of 10 every married people, or 11 million people, are married to someone of a different race than themselves. What percentage of African Amer
36. The divorce rate among couples where one spouse is in jail or prison for one year or more is 80 percent for men and close to 100 percent for women. Same-Sex Divorce Statistics 37. About 1 percent of married same-sex couples get divorced each year, while about 2 percent of married...
The IRS can intercept the entire refund from a married couple'sjoint tax returneven if only one of the spouses was legally liable for the debt. This can happen, for example, when one spouse owes child support. The responsibility for that debt is his alone, but his spouse will suffer—...
So what social scientists often do now is to look at the percentage of couples from different cohorts who reach a particular wedding anniversary. Justin Wolfers used data like that to make the claim that the divorce rate is falling. For example, he noted that “76 percent of people whose fi...
mortgage is also a popular choice for couples, whether they are married, in a civil partnership or not. By choosing the appropriate legal arrangement, they can seek to protect the contribution they make towards buying a house or flat by agreeing to own specific shares of the equity in the ...
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Hodges, the same federal pension rules now apply to all married couples, whether they are same-gender or opposite-gender. So all spouses are now covered under the same survivor benefit rules for defined benefit and defined contribution plans. For example, a same-gender spouse of an employee ...
The rise of the pre-nup The number of couples deciding to get a prenup is increasing, with one law firm telling the Money blog it has seen requests double in the last year. It is estimated that more than 20% of married couples in the country have signed one of these agre...
This paper studies the bequests that arise in married couples after the death of the first spouse. It provides the first systematic examination of these bequests using representative data from the United States on the actual (not intended or expected) bequests made to each of the couple’s ch...
Home sales are subject tofederal and state taxesbut if you are married and filing jointly, you can sell your primary residence the first $500,000 of equity is exempt from the capital gains tax. If you divorce and file as a single, only the first $250,000 of home equity is exempt. Co...