he first working Monday of the year has been dubbed ‘divorce day’, due to a supposed influx of couples seeking legal help to end their marriages.
But much like the thoroughly debunked Blue Monday, which continues to receive mainstream coverage two decades after a PR company came up with the concept to sell holidays, family lawyers say divorce day is nothing more than media hype with little basis in fact.
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