Charlotte Divorce Law Blog

Just because business is good doesn't mean a marriage is, or a divorce in the case of Brian France and his ex-wife. France, the CEO of NASCAR fought for years to keep the details of his second divorce private. He lost that battle, and now the public is learning about the dollar signs related to the high-profile, North Carolina divorce. 

With NASCAR being as popular as it is, its CEO has significant wealth to show for it. The business is worth billions, France worth millions, and his ex-wife Megan France has fought for what she thinks she and her kids are worth and what they deserve post-divorce. 

Marriage and divorce trends change from time to time. Those changes in norms often mean that family law focuses shift, too. Just because a couple isn't already married or in the process of divorce, for example, doesn't mean that there are no legal matters for them to iron out.

Coldwell Banker did a survey that indicates a notable consumer trend. Couples within the younger (marrying age) generation are commonly buying homes before getting married. Some attribute the trend to the economy and to the real estate market right now. Whatever the reason, the trend suggests that these couples have some planning to do.

Times change. Norms change. Gender roles change, even if stereotypes and assumptions don't. Family lawyers report that it isn't as uncommon these days to handle a divorce wherein the wife, not the husband, earns the most income in the household.

No matter their gender, higher-earning spouses have some important matters to address before getting married and during their divorce. Because the reality that is about 16 percent of households have women as the breadwinners (a significant change from the past), Forbes thought it valuable to provide some women-specific marriage and divorce tips to protect their financial stability:

While the ability to divorce has helped numerous people in North Carolina get out of failing or abusive marriages, some critics believe that it is in the government's interest to make it more difficult to get a divorce. It appears that a pair of state senators are among them.

The legislators, Sen. Austin Allran, R-Hickory and Sen. Warren Daniel, R-Morganton, are sponsoring a bill that would double North Carolina's required waiting period before divorce. Couples must currently wait at least one year between filing for divorce and when they are allowed to finalize the proceeding. Allran and Daniel's bill, titled the Healthy Marriage Act, would increase that waiting period to two years.