Divorced and Still Living Together...How the Recession is Changing Divorce

By Wendy Jaffe, Esq.

There is a reason that the divorce rate typically decreases in a recession and it has nothing to do with love. Divorce is expensive. Two mortgages or rents to pay, two phone bills, two electric bills, and on and on. So what if you can't bear your spouse, but family income isn't sufficient to support two households? Some "couples" are divorcing on paper, but continuing to reside together in the family home. Diane Sawyer discussed the issue on Good Morning America. Check out families who are trying to make this trying arrangement work.