Happy Mothers Day - DIVORCE RATE LOWEST SINCE 1970

AP - The national per capita divorce rate has declined steadily since its peak in 1981 and is now at its lowest level since 1970. . . Some experts say relationships are as unstable as ever - and divorces are down primarily because more couples live together without marrying. Other researchers have documented what they call "the divorce divide," contending that divorce rates are indeed falling substantively among college-educated couples but not among less- affluent, less-educated couples. . . America's divorce rate began climbing in the late 1960s and skyrocketed during the '70s and early '80s, as virtually every state adopted no-fault divorce laws. The rate peaked at 5.3 divorces per 1,000 people in 1981. But since then it's dropped by one-third, to 3.6. That's the lowest rate since 1970.