These two items appeared the same day in the Law blog. http://blogs.wsj.com/law/

The first is a story from North Carolina about how legislators there are seeking to make obtaining a divorce more difficult.

N.C. Lawmakers Propose Two-Year Waiting Period Before Divorce

 

By Jacob Gershman

 

“Married couples in North Carolina who want to untie the knot would have to wait at least two years before filing for divorce, according to a new legislative proposal.

A trio of North Carolina state senators last week introduced what they called the “Healthy Marriage Act,” which would double the state’s current one-year waiting period.

During those two years, according to the bill, couples wouldn’t have to live apart. But North Carolina would require that they participate in workshops on communication and conflict-resolution.

The two-year clock starts after a spouse seeking divorce gives a written notice of intent to file for divorce.”    But just in case you are worried that there are people who might languish in a marriage doomed to be eventually broken up there is a second story on a new software to assist couples in getting legally rid of their spouse.

 

The Next Frontier of Technology: Making Divorce Easier

 

By Matthew Lynley

Even the divorce process is getting easier thanks to technology.

Meet Wevorce, a startup coming out of esteemed startup “school” Y Combinator. It’s an online service that breaks the process of getting a divorce into discrete steps that are easily managed without having to get into a messy court battle.

Here’s how it works: The process identifies a couple as being a certain “archetype” (there are 18 total) and then walks through the process of the divorce step-by-step. It covers not only the financial and legal components, but the stickier issues like handling emotions and how to set up an amicable co-parenting situation