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Divorce rates in SKN discussed on Facts for Life Programme

What are the reasons behind the incline in divorce cases being received by the courts in St. Kitts and Nevis?

 

 

 

These were one of the questions deliberated during Sunday’s edition of the ‘Facts for Life’ Programme by Nevis’ Seventh Day Adventist Churches on VON Radio.

 

 

 

During the discussion, Pastor Chalvar Henry, provided statistics on the cases in the federation over the past four years:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also providing a legal standpoint and outlook alongside the biblical aspect was President of the Nevis Island Assembly, lawyer and member of the church, Hon. Michelle Clarke:

 

 

 

 

 

 

She spoke on some of the leading causes of divorce:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marriages on Nevis from 2018 to 2022 were recorded at 386 (96 in 2018; 104 in 2019; 47 in 2020; 50 in 2021 and 89 in 2022.