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Okla. senator eyes state's high divorce rate, considers requiring mandatory divorce counseling
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| Contributor | RBH |
| Last Edited | RBH Sep 12, 2013 10:42pm |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Sep 10, 2013 10:00pm |
| Description | A Republican state senator who wants to reduce Oklahoma's high divorce rate said Tuesday he's mulling a plan to require mandatory counseling before a couple can file for divorce in the state.
Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman, the vice chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee, held an interim study on the topic because the state continues to land near the top of U.S. rankings for its divorce rate, which costs states hundreds of millions of dollars each year in societal costs.
Although divorce rates nationwide have fallen steadily over the past two decades, Oklahoma's rate — 5.2 per 1,000 residents — outpaced all but three other states in 2011, the latest data available, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics. |
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