Divorce pleas hit a record 3,122 in 2019

Kochi | Tuesday | 28th January, 2020

Summary:

In a worrying sign, the number of divorce petitions filed in the city crossed 3,000 for the first time in a year in 2019. In the first 24 days of 2020, a total of 226 divorce petitions were filed before the family court. There is another family court at Muvattupuzha where around 1,000 divorce cases were filed in 2019. According to the court records, only two popular actresses filed divorce petitions before the family court here. There was a decline in the number of divorce cases involving those from the film industry in 2019,” an official said..