Risk Factors of Increasing Divorce Petitions in Courts

Background: The number of divorce cases is increasing rapidly every year in our country. It has become the serious problem not only in India but in all over the world. Matrimonial disputes consist of various issues that became the major causes of involvement in divorce cases. These issues may be interference of parental families, lack of patience, consumption of alcoholdrugs, incompatibility issues, economic crisis and mental torture. Besides this, concealment of facts, sexual incompatibilities, non-acceptance of girl child, unrealistic expectations etc. further lead to marital discords among the couples. These concentrated marital conflict issues affect the social, psychological and economical wellbeing of women who are involved in divorce cases. Methodology: The sample is drawn of 300 women in four districts of Punjab who are involved in divorce cases. Structured Interview Schedule is designed to collect data. Results: Various issues are found as the major causes of filing divorce cases in the courts in which lack of patience is the most significant factor that is 82.66 per cent of total cases. Anjali Rani"Risk Factors of Increasing Divorce Petitions in Courts" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-5 , August 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd15850.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/15850/risk-factors-of-increasing-divorce-petitions-in-courts/anjali-rani