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TABLE H-5
1997 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 25 1 0 0 0 26
1-2 YEARS 239 67 18 2 2 328
3-4 YEARS 216 89 55 10 0 370
5-9 YEARS 316 169 209 48 0 742
10-14 YEARS 157 82 164 84 1 488
15+ YEARS 295 138 190 93 0 716
UNKNOWN 0 0 1 2 0 3
TOTAL 1248 546 637 239 3 2673
TABLE H-6
1997 VERMONT DIVORCES
NUMBER OF DIVORCES BY CUSTODY OF CHILDREN UNDER 18
AT TIME OF DECREE*
NUMBER OF COLUMN
CUSTODY DIVORCES PERCENT#
------- -------- -------
HUSBAND 116 8.1
WIFE 939 65.9
JOINT 304 21.3
OTHER 14 1.0
CUSTODY
SPLIT ** 49 3.4
UNKNOWN 3 0.2
TOTAL 1425 100.0
* EXCLUDES DIVORCES WITH NO CHILDREN.
** MORE THAN ONE PARTY IS AWARDED CUSTODY OF ONE OR MORE CHILDREN IN A MULTIPLE CHILD FAMILY.
# MAY NOT ADD TO 100% DUE TO ROUNDING.
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