Why 6 January 2020 Has Been Named 'Divorce Day' - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Life Divorce Day What it means and why it’ s happening today By You Magazine - January 6, 2020 There are plenty of notable days that crop up throughout any given year, and while ‘Blue Monday’ will soon be upon us, there’s a more pressing occasion: ‘Divorce Day,’ which happens to be today. So what exactly does this mean? Well, the first Monday following 1 January (which in this case is today, Monday 6 January) has been dubbed Divorce Day by lawyers, who see a huge spike in couples filing to split. Getty Images The unfortunate phenomenon falls near the beginning of the year, presumably due to the fact so many see this time as a perfect opportunity to have a new start. Amanada Rimmer, a family law expert and partner at Stephensons Solicitors LLP, told the Manchester Evening News: ‘Today, known as Divorce Day, is traditionally the date when divorce enquiries flood in, as married couples decide on a fresh start in the New Year, after spending time together over Christmas or having waited till the festivities have finished.’ She then continued: ‘Clients have cited anything from hogging the duvet to racking up store card debt in the sales as a contributing behaviour to their marriage breakdown. Before making this very final step it’s important to remember the best outcome for both individuals will only be achieved through agreeing a mutually beneficial plan before filing for divorce if possible.’ Getty Lawyers aren’t the only ones to notice the trend, either. Relationship support organisation Relate saw significantly more traffic in the new year. In fact in the first three working days of 2019, Relate received 84 per cent more visits to its website in comparison to the year before. And that’s not all. Google Trends data from last year also proves the case; between 6 and 12 January 2019, Google saw that interest for the search term ‘divorce’ rose by 51.6 per cent. Let’s hope January flies by as quickly as possible! RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Everything we know about The Crown season 5 Aldi s exercise equipment is on sale with up to 50% off The best Halloween events for 2022 across the UK Popular in Life The You magazine team reveal their New Year s resolutions December 31, 2021 Susannah Taylor The TLC tools your body will love January 23, 2022 How to stop living in fear February 6, 2022 Susannah Taylor My pick of the fittest leggings February 27, 2022 Women’ s Prize for Fiction 2022 winner announced June 17, 2022 These BBC dramas are returning for a second series June 30, 2022 Susannah Taylor gives the lowdown on nature s little helper – CBD April 17, 2022 The baby names that are banned across the world April 27, 2022 The Queen has released her own emojis May 26, 2022 Sally Brompton horoscopes 27th June-3rd July 2022 June 26, 2022 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved