Everything in the mediation is confidential and (except as provided by law) may not be repeated to anyone
other than the other spouse and / or the party's attorney.
Under the new laws, the financially weaker spouse, whether unemployed or working in a job that pays substantially
less than the other spouse, benefits from a shift in the burden of proof.
If one spouse earns significantly
more than the other spouse, the higher wage earner may be expected to contribute to the other's counsel fees.
In addition, 12 percent of firms require spouses with other coverage options to pay higher premiums or cost -
sharing than other spouses;
They usually address property issues that may arise in the event of divorce or death, and are often used as vehicles to provide for greater awards of property to children of previous marriages, or when one spouse brings substantially greater
assets than the other spouse to the marriage.
The court may do so if the court finds one of the spouses has significantly greater income or financial
resources than the other spouse and / or if one spouse has been unreasonable during the case.
If one spouse receives property at a higher
value than the other spouse, you may have to agree to a community property equalization payment from the wife or husband with more value to the wife or husband of less valuable property.
If one spouse has not been working or earns substantially
less than the other spouse, then there will likely need to be a conversation about whether the higher wage earning spouse will transfer some income (usually on a monthly basis) to the lower earning spouse, and for how long.
For the purpose of this section, illicit sexual behavior means acts of sexual or deviate sexual intercourse, deviate sexual acts, or sexual acts defined in G.S. 14 - 27.1 (4), voluntarily engaged in by a spouse with someone
other than the other spouse;
If the combined income of the couple is less than $ 75,000, as of 2012 state law, the court will usually award temporary maintenance if one spouse earns a lot
more than the other spouse.
Divorcing couples frequently agree to allocate the exemption to the spouse with the higher tax bracket, because he or she will get greater tax savings from
it than the other spouse.