Divorce applications have reached their highest level in a decade after new legislation came into effect for couples earlier this year.
According to data from the Ministry of Justice, there were 33,566 applications from April to June this year. This follows a change in the law which came into effect on April 6, which allowed couples to get divorced without assigning blame.
The figures are at their highest level since the first quarter of 2012, as well as being a 22% increase of divorce applications compared to the same time last year. But the change is not expected to lead to an increase in divorces overall, as numbers have remained constant in other countries that have introduced the same legislation after an initial rise, WalesOnline reports .
