It is no secret that the current divorce rate in the United States is slightly over fifty percent - which means that one in two marriages will not make it all the way through "'til death do us part."

Grim as this divorce statistic may seem, there is still good news in the world of families and marriages. For example, if your parents are happily married, your personal probability for a future divorce of your own decreases by 14%.

And did you know that Italy has the lowest divorce rate in the world? Read on to learn about even more divorce statistics as they stand for the year 2009.

- Only 17% of divorce support recipients actually receive their child support payments and/or alimony on time and in full.

- The likelihood for a divorce is the lowest for those individuals who are sixty years old.

- Divorce research shows that 67% of second marriages end in divorce.

- If your parents are happily married, your chances of getting a divorce decrease by 14%. If you have strong religious beliefs, you will also decrease your chance of divorce by 14%.

- Only 63% of American minor children grow up with both biological parents.

- Children who are raised with a single parent are more likely to remain unmarried, or divorce if they do end up getting married.

- Religious worship and devotion tend to drop for a divorced spouse.

- Statistics of divorce show that 25% of adults have had at least one divorce during the span of their life.

- Remarriage statistics show that divorced individuals will usually wait an average of three years before getting married again.

- Italy has the lowest divorce rates with only 12% of all marriages ending in divorce.

- Divorced women, with children, are four times more likely than married women to receive an income amount that falls below the poverty line.

- The median duration of a marriage that ends in divorce is approximately eight years.

- Americans tend to get married the most between the months of June and October.

- 82% of all married couples will reach their 5th wedding anniversary, but only 52% of those couples will celebrate 15 years of marriage.