<p> Staying Married for the Money- 3/4/09- 6 p.m. :90 Jack Henry</p><p>Video Audio ANCHOR Jack Henry tells us now about an unusual phenomenon occurring </p><p> in this economic downturn. </p><p>VO Divorce rates typically decrease in a recession and it has nothing WS OF A MARRIED COUPLE SITTING WITH AN ATTORNEY IN HIS OFFICE to do with love. Costing at least a thousand dollars, divorce is expensive. Some WS- SAME COUPLE SIGNS PAPERS "couples" are divorcing on paper, but continuing to reside together</p><p> in the family home.</p><p>Due to the economic recession many couples are living together </p><p>LS OF HOUSE like passionless roommates. WS OF SALLIE DOING LAUNDRY IN Sallie Frederick a woman married for 15 years, hopes her divorce HER HOME is official within the next month. COUPLE IN THE HOUSE Her and her husband are still living together but not because they </p><p> want to. Felder seated at his desk We spoke with her attorney Raoul Felder. SOT Felder :08 “People have to decide how much they hate each other because if CG- RAOUL FELDER, MATRIMONIAL ATTORNEY they can still live with each other and the house or apartment is big</p><p> enough, they ought to stay together and wait for a rising market.” VO Although Frederick believes she made the right decision, Connie </p><p>LS OF THE OUTSIDE OF A SMALLER Miller feels differently. HOUSE SOT MILLER :09 “I would personally rather live in a smaller place or find a </p><p>CG- CONNIE MILLER, PREVIOUSLY temporary home elsewhere rather than figure out how to live with DIVORCED someone I don’t get a long with. Hopefully you have friends and MS- CONNIE MILLER SITTING AT THE KITCHEN TABLE WITH HER KIDS relatives who will support you.” WHO ARE EATING VO Sara Berg a 15 year old describes her home as a war zone and says</p><p>WS OF SARA PLAYING FETCH WITH she wished her parents would end it already. HER DOG 2 SOT BERG :07 “There was nothing good about their relationship and if there was CG- SARA BERG, EFFECTED BY HER PARENTS DIVORCE any hope that they would get along as friends later in my life they </p><p>CU OF SARA SITTING AT PICNIC needed to live their lives under two different roofs.” TABLE OUTSIDE VO There are no hard statistics, but some divorce experts say they're </p><p>MIDDLE AGED WOMAN ON THE seeing more of this unromantic phenomenon, driven mostly by the COMPUTER IN HER HOME high cost of legal fees in divorces and the expense of setting up </p><p> two households The Washington Post states that 37% of attorneys polled in 2009 </p><p>WS OF A CROWDED CITY IN FAST have reported fewer divorces in a bad economy. MOTION HENRY OC For News Watch 16, I’m Jack Henry, Ithaca CG: JACK HENRY NEWSWATCH 16</p>