TABLE H-5
1996 VERMONT DIVORCES
NUMBER OF DIVORCES WITH CHILDREN
UNDER 18 AT TIME OF DECREE BY NUMBER
OF YEARS MARRIED
NUMBER WITH CHILDREN UNDER 18
YEARS OF
MARRIAGE NONE ONE TWO THREE+ UNKNOWN TOTAL
----------------- ---- --- --- ------ ------- -----
UNDER 1 YEAR 39 2 0 1 0 42
1-2 YEARS 222 65 24 11 0 322
3-4 YEARS 202 91 51 14 0 358
5-9 YEARS 298 192 196 58 0 744
10-14 YEARS 124 69 171 78 0 442
15+ YEARS 291 103 157 60 0 611
UNKNOWN 1 1 1 0 0 3
TOTAL 1177 523 600 222 0 2522
TABLE H-6
1996 VERMONT DIVORCES
NUMBER OF DIVORCES BY CUSTODY OF CHILDREN UNDER 18
AT TIME OF DECREE(1)
NUMBER OF COLUMN
CUSTODY DIVORCES PERCENT(2)
------- --------- ----------
HUSBAND 116 8.6
WIFE 881 65.5
JOINT 287 21.3
OTHER 27 2.0
CUSTODY
SPLIT(3) 34 2.5
UNKNOWN 0 0.0
TOTAL 1345 100.0
(1) EXCLUDES DIVORCES WITH NO CHILDREN.
(2) MAY NOT ADD TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
(3) MORE THAN ONE PARTY IS AWARDED CUSTODY OF ONE OR MORE CHILDREN IN A MULTIPLE CHILD FAMILY.