redivorce

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A divorce that terminates a remarriage.

   • Further, although the remarriage rate for whites is higher, redivorce among them also is more common (Glick, 1980).
   • Past increases in the number of remarriages after divorce have led to increases in the number of couples subject to ending a marriage through the redivorce of at least one of the partners.
   • Upon redivorce, the in loco parentis relationship is considered terminated.
2. 2

   To divorce after a remarriage.

   • Data in table G show that according to the results of the June 1985 survey, 26 percent of women eligible to redivorce had done so by age 75.
   • Whites redivorce more frequently than blacks.
   • Many persons who remarry subsequently redivorce, however.

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