Concept Of Divorce

Concept Of Divorce 

 Sociologists and social workers of the twentieth century have been interested in the practical considerations of marriage institutions with the societies; as a result of extensive research Eliot (1984) observed that divorce is the opening indication of a rift in the family organization.

            Waller (198:53) pointed out that divorce is the termination of marriage completely of which, will inevitably disorganize families, judging by every criterion, but the often fail to come into the divorce court for one reason or another that families in which compatibility and identity of attitudes have long vanished and may continue legally bound until parted by death. 

            Peterson (1988:2002) stated that there was a total of 75,000 divorce in the united state with a corresponding high rate of 1.98 percent of the population in 1990. He recorded a total of 1,000,000 divorces which was only a sharp increase but the highest figure in 1996.

             Young (1973:20) stated that when old institution like marriage and family are change to new ones like divorce and instability, the changes are particularly noticeable in the family that was why an acceptable observation was generalized that bad homes breads, bad children. 

            Waller (1988:20) pointed out that the role of divorce on children is that the role of divorce on children is not a --- not a figment of his morbid imaginations, but rather, a very real thing, a social fact which must be treated as such. 

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