Cost of Court is Rising in North Carolina

The cost of going to court in North Carolina has gone up as of July 1st. There are some significant changes to the costs of family law cases in particular.  The cost of filing a family law action is now $150.00.  Whereas the extension of a Summons used to be...

Has Divorce Lost Its Shimmer?

This recent article in the New York Times makes the case that women’s views on divorce have changed over the last thirty years.   While women may have viewed divorce as liberating in the 70’s, according to more recent research, it is now viewed as a...

Semi-Happy Marriage

There’s a new book out about the “Semi-Happy Marriage”.  As profiled on the Today Show this morning, Marriage Confidential explores the life of couples that are roughly satisfied with their marriage, but not ecstatic about it.   I cannot...

The Ripple Effects of a Bad Divorce

Unlike almost all other kinds of cases, family law resolutions typically cannot involve a “clean break” between the spouses. Children, continuing financial payments and other continuing connections prevent most spouses from totally eliminating the other...

Collaborative Divorce: Getting Down to Business

The longer I practice collaborative divorce, the more benefits of the process I discover. Case in point:  I recently helped a client who owned her own small business.  She had owned the business for a decade or more when the couple decided to divorce. ...