At her family law practice in Southport, Susan Wakefield is starting to see more women and men entering divorce proceedings with comparable salaries on the bargaining table. Or the women are earning more than their spouses, she said. Im definitely not seeing as many traditional couples, with the stay-at-home mom and husband working. They are still out there, but not as many.
Part of the trend, Wakefield said, has been pushed along by many men in their 40s or 50s who lost their jobs in the economic downturn. As a result, more women entered the workforce or became the higher wage earner. The fact that more women are working than ever before, and earning more money, is changing how divorce cases are approached, from the very start of negotiations, said Wakefield, who in 2009 expanded her practice to include legal coaching, which provides support to pro se litigants, including those in divorce cases.
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