In the song "Home Life" John Mayer insists that "I can tell you this much, I will marry just once and if it doesn't work out, give her half of my stuff. It's fine with me - we said eternity." If you are getting married to your one-and-only, you may feel much the same...
Month: August 2016
Paying for extra child support expenses
North Carolina parents who divorce might need to negotiate child custody and support. Usually, support covers the usual costs of raising a child such as clothing, medical care and education. However, there is often a provision in child support agreements that deals...
Custody and migration in North Carolina
Migration rates in the United States have been falling over the past 50 years, and one man believes he knows why. He spent the spring of 2015 on a Fulbright fellowship at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands researching the issue, and the answer may lie in...
Divorce: discerning conventional wisdom from facts
North Carolina couples contemplating or experiencing divorce may be given the wrong advice from friends and family who mean well, but who are not knowledgeable about state laws or the realities of divorce. Here are some fictitious ideas regarding divorce, and the...
The marital division of labor is related to divorce risk
It is an unfortunate fact that many North Carolina marriages end in divorce each year. While a number of different factors may lead to a divorce, division of labor issues remain as some of the most common causes.In a study completed by a sociology professor at Harvard...