The pandemic caused by Covid-19, confinement, teleworking, children at home and financial insecurity have changed the daily lives of many couples.

These changes have had an impact on the couple’s relationship because we can already observe, 5 months after the start of confinement, an increase in the number of divorce projects.

Depending on the country, this increase can reach 50% as in Canada, China, Spain or Russia. A more moderate increase of 15 to 25% was observed in France and Belgium. In the province of Quebec, lawyers have observed a 50% increase in loans, as have notaries who file divorces out of court.

The majority of these requests for amicable or contested divorce concern young couples who were recently married. Let us not forget that outside of a pandemic, one in two marriages ends in divorce. There are also people who were separated and now want to formalize everything.

Lockdown is not the source of divorce claims, but has likely sped things up for some couples. The break would certainly have occurred later.

The pandemic and the containment have had a magnifying effect on the behavior of individuals who had to evolve in an environment that changes almost daily at the start of the pandemic.

Before making a decision to divorce during a pandemic, couples should try to reconcile if possible. A guide shows the steps to follow such as:

• keep a routine,
• sort the information,
• take stock,
• avoid criticism,
• have a space,
• manage conflicts,
• see the beautiful in situations.

With the possibility of a second wave and possible episodes of re-containment, this trend of increasing divorces may continue.

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