One of the most financially devastating things that can happen to a person in their golden years is divorcing a spouse.
What’s frequently called “gray divorce” is happening more than ever before. In 1990, less than 9% of all divorces in the U.S. involved couples at least 50 years old. That figure jumped to 36% in 2019, according to a paper published in the the Journals of Gerontology in 2022.
