Couples no longer rushing for divorces to start New Year

2015 saw 303 divorces
in La Crosse County

The first business day of the year, it has become a popular day for divorces.

Some attorneys claim it’s either as part of a New Year’s resolution or something that was delayed until after the holidays.

The trend, however, is becoming a thing of the past, according to La Crosse attorney Ellen Frantz from Johns, Flaherty & Collins, SC. Frantz believes that’s because you now see more two-income households with wives less dependent on a husband’s income.

In 2015, 303 filed for divorces in La Crosse County – 27 in January. March saw the most divorces (33), while November had the least (16), last year. In the past four years, the most divorces in the county came in 2012 (357).

LA CROSSE COUNTY DIVORCES
2015: 303
2014: 276
2013: 315
2012: 357

2015 divorces by month
January: 27
February: 27
March: 33
April: 27
May: 29
June: 25
July: 19
August: 32
September: 23
October: 27
November: 16
December: 19