In debt, do they part? Recession delays divorces

The Orlando Sentinel reports:

Breaking up is hard to do, but during a recession, it's even tougher.

Throughout Central Florida, couples who want to split up are handicapped: by the high cost of attorneys' fees, because they can't sell their homes or can't afford to set up two households.

So some of them are stuck living together — miserably.

"Some are agreeing to be roommates and stay at separate ends of the house," said Clermont attorney J.J. Dahl, who handles about 65 divorce cases each year. "And we have some who have gotten divorced and they're staying in the house together until the market improves and they can sell it."