A parent rarely utters the words "happy" and "divorce" in the same breath, but a Seattle lawyer is pushing a new practice to break up marriages without tearing apart families. After spending decades helping parents dissolve their marriages, Carol Bailey thought she could improve the system. In April, she created a practice dedicated to keeping divorces out of court, but not because the twice-married Texan is opposed to the practice. She just thinks it doesn't always belong in a courtroom, where families often break down. The idea isn't new. For years, some divorce lawyers have worked to avoid nasty courts fights and preserve families. Bailey took it a step further by consciously dedicating an entire practice to the approach, highlighting a growing trend among family lawyers to skip litigation and get couples to cooperate.