Gusher of Texas oil-patch divorces leads breakup trend

Two-thirds of the nation’s cities have registered an increase in the percentage of divorced adults since 2007

Houston — The Houston Chronicle is reporting; For almost a century, farming and oil have driven the economy in the windswept, Texas Panhandle town of Borger. The latest growth industry: divorce law.

The small town, whipsawed by an energy boom and an agriculture bust, registered the largest increase in divorced people in the U.S. during the past five years.

To read more, head to The Houston Chronicle's website: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Gusher-of-Texas-oil-patch-divorces-leads-breakup-4131669.php [1]