Alison
Kramer, Fri Dec 9th
Raleigh, NC- The largest divorce firm in the state, Rosen LawFirm,
says they're not surprised by the sharp increase among Army divorce
rates and that more needs to be done to counsel the spouses left
at home and those deployed overseas.
“There’s a huge difference between
typical divorces that we seeon a daily basis and the military
divorces that we’re seeing,”says Janet Fritts, a divorce
attorney with Rosen Law Firm. “The majority of civilian
couples we deal with have stopped communicating somewhere during
the marriage, but military couples have been communicating in
more ways than ever before.”
Divorce experts say young military marriages,
co-ed military units, financial decision-making, and the bureaucracy
of being amilitary officer’s spouse are just some of the
factors contributing to the already established problems of spousal
absence and combat stress among military families.
“Allocation of finances is a huge problem
because so many military members have no control over their finances
when they’re overseas and their at-home spouses are spending
the monthly checks the way they see fit, sometimes on their new
love relationships,” says Fritts. With deployments being
more frequent and for longer periods, infidelity is another reason
why the Army divorce rates have sharply increased. “A lot
oftimes it’s the women who remain on base to take care of
the children and when her husband is gone for 6 months to a year,she
may inevitably make new relationships with the men on the base,”
says Fritts.
Military couples are usually far away from their
families andthey are not reminded of their marriage vows because
they are soisolated on base or overseas. Fritts also explains
the growing co-ed military units are not helping either as more
military members are establishing relationships with the opposite
sex during wartime.
Statistics show the largest increase recently
in Army divorcerates are among officers, a position which Fritts
describes as having an enormous responsibility. Coupled with the
weight ofbeing an officer, the pressure of being a military officer's
spouse also adds to the problem. “When they’re left
by themselves on the military base once their spouse deploys,
a lotof spouses stop playing the game of being nice to the other
military officer’s spouses,” Fritts explains. “Once
the deployed spouse returns there’s a lot of disagreement
on the roles played and the bureaucracy of military officers and
their spouses.”
With offices in Raleigh, Charlotte, and now Chapel
Hill/Durham,Rosen Law Firm is the largest divorce firm in North
Carolina. Founded in 1990, the firm is dedicated to providing
individual growth and support to couples seeking divorce by helping
them move forward with their lives. Our staff of attorneys, accountants,
and specially trained divorce coaches expertly address the complex
issues of ending a marriage. Our innovative approach acknowledges
that divorce is so much more than just alegal matter. Specialties
include child custody, alimony,property distribution, separation
agreements, and domestic violence relief.
For more information on Rosen Law Firm, or for an interview,please
contact: Alison Kramer, Director of Public Relations,Office: 919-256-1542,
Cell: 919-523-7104, akramer@rosen.com,http://www.rosen.com - Rosen
Law Firm 4101 Lake Boone Trail, Suite 500 Raleigh, NC27607 www.rosen.com
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