Starting this year, 2023, the number of families wanting to divorce will increase, but divorces will be reduced. As explained by the lawyer Alberto García Cebrián, this statement is a consequence of the expected economic difficulties and inflation, which will affect a large part of Spanish families. For many, the phrase “when money goes out the door, love goes out the window” will come true.
Taking into account the data for the end of 2022, this 2023 will increase the number of families who want to divorce, but divorces will be reduced. Despite the fact that many married couples will have to divorce, not all will be able to do so because they cannot end cohabitation and pay for separate lives. All of this comes from inflation and economic problems which are scheduled for this new year.
Economic difficulties will predictably create a discomfort and concern in families constitute grounds for divorce. For many families the phrase “when money goes out the door, love goes out the window” will come true.
In parallel, also due to economic difficulties, many families they will not be able to separate because it will not be possible to put an end to cohabitation for not being able to pay for the lives separately. If it will already be difficult to make ends meet by staying together with the savings that this entails, divorce will not be feasible for most families.
People with jobs are allowed in risk of social exclusion just by being divorced, which can lead many couples who need a divorce to maintain a strained and unhealthy cohabitation that they don’t want, but make ends meet. The other option would be to divorce knowing this your expenses may be higher than your income. Also, the more family responsibilities, the more complicated everything will be: with children, mortgages, loans… etc.
A real example that many families in Spain have to face
· Family with two children in which each parent has a salary of 1,200 euros.
· Residing in a city like Madrid or Barcelona where a very low rent is 700 euros.
Being together they will be able to cover the family needs, but being separated, if they have to pay for two houses, it will mean that each of them will have to pay out around 700 euros and therefore they will have 500 euros to make ends meet. As are i Cost of livinghowever thrifty they may be on basic foodstuffs, they will spend 300 euros, on provisions another 150 euros and on public transport or cars and petrol, clothes, telephone/internet, leisure expenses, school and extra-curricular expenses for their children, unforeseen by minimums that are … at least others of all the members of the family at least another 150 euros … It is indisputable that the accounts do not come out.
What would you do if you wanted to divorce but understood that the accounts do not come out and it is not feasible in economic terms?
I am sure that the majority of families, in this case, would tolerate a coexistence as reasonable as possible as long as certain limits are not exceeded. Nonetheless, Living with a couple who need to separate can be a source of conflict.
According to a report by the General Council of the Judiciary, divorces decreased by 3.1 percent in the third quarter of 2023 and the last quarter of 2022 is expected to continue in the same trend.
What will happen in Spain with divorces in 2023?
The tension, worry and economic hardships will increase the number of families who need and want to divorce, but cannot do it and this is very worrying.
Some latest government measures They will help families, but not enough.
· place of life: Variable mortgages will continue to rise and households who have to rent will face very high prices.
· Diet: Although measures have been taken, they are very limited and your shopping cart is at prices that will result in a drastic reduction in your shopping budget.
· Supplies and fuel: Inflation means that many families cannot heat their homes as much as they need this winter and find themselves in a precarious situation.
As always, in difficult times, the hardest hit are the weakest, as an average family in Spain has reduced their quality of life to such an extent that being unemployed for one of the members or reducing their income, or simply having what meet unexpected expenses they’ll not come out the accounts.
It will increase payment delays, hungry thefts, queues at canteens, conflicts within and outside families resulting from tension, some companies and freelancers will no longer have sustainable livelihoods…etc. The situation for many families will become extreme and dramatic.
Representation of a family considering divorce.
In this context, it would be reasonable for the company to switch to a more austere and parsimonious life and families unite even more for the common good. The experience of the 2007 real estate bubble crisis, the 2020 Coronavirus crisis and the war in Ukraine we are going through has accumulated. Have we learned from everything we have experienced?
Does a part of society in Spain continue to live beyond its means? Divorce is not a whim, it’s a necessity. The fact that a person feels that he wants to divorce and cannot do so will subject him to a life and marital status that he does not really want. The costs of many family lawyers are affordable, since not all families can access free justice and obtain a public defender.
Whenever families who want to separate turn to law firms where, due to non-payment, there is no practicable regulation because they cannot bear the living expenses separately. This is very serious. A bad coexistence is a bad example for children and can cause irreparable damage to people’s self-esteem and mental health.
2023 is expected to be a very tough year for families, but the most important thing is reduce tension in all relationships. Many of the breakups can be prevented, since the reasons for the separation will stop being internal to be, in many cases, due to economic hardship. Also, if a divorce is needed, now more than ever, better amicable.
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