dpMark Robinson, North Carolina’s former lieutenant governor, and his wife are seeking federal bankruptcy protection, according to court records filed this month.
Robinson and his wife, Yolanda Hill, are seeking personal protection under Chapter 13 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Chapter 13 enables wage-earning debtors to manage debt payments in a way that helps them pay off their debt over a period of years, and possibly protect some assets, such as homes, from foreclosure.
In a Nov. 3 filing, Robinson and his wife report having $766.98 in the bank but owing creditors nearly $800,000 — including tens of thousands of dollars in credit card debt.
Their assets include more than half a million dollars worth of property, mostly from their home in Colfax, valued at about $437,000. They also report owning two 2021 vehicles, a Cadillac Escalade and Chevy Silverado, worth about $80,000. Other property includes furniture, clothes and electronics, a set of golf clubs valued at $25, a $2,000 golf cart and a gun collection worth about $6,000.
Their debts include about $120,000 in credit card debt, another $94,000 in other debt and about $100,000 from collections accounts.
One item listed in the filing is a potential debt that Robinson might end up owing a former friend-turned-political nemesis, Greensboro-area musician Louis Love Money. Robinson sued Money for defamation during his run for governor but dropped the lawsuit after losing the race. Money later sued Robinson, seeking to recoup the money he says he had to spend defending himself from Robinson’s lawsuit. The lawsuit is pending, and the status of the debt was listed as disputed in Robinson’s bankruptcy filing.
A lawyer representing Robinson and Hill in the bankruptcy declined to comment on Tuesday.
Robinson made hundreds of thousands of dollars from his state salary as lieutenant governor, a role he served in from 2021 until 2025. Members of the Council of State currently make more than $173,000 annually.
The Republican lost his 2024 campaign for governor in a landslide to Democrat Josh Stein. On the campaign trail, he was open about some of his past financial struggles — which include previous bankruptcies and liens for tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes, rent and car payments. Some of those debts have since been paid.
Hill previously ran a nonprofit group that helped childcare centers get federal funding for food for low-income families. She was allowed to take a cut of the federal funds for her own salary and for years over-reported the amount of money the childcare centers were billing, according to a 2024 state investigation.
Hill shut down the nonprofit in 2024 during her husband’s run for governor and later claimed the investigation into it was politically motivated. In 2025 the state Department of Health and Human Services ordered her group, Balanced Nutrition, to repay more than $100,000.
The debt hadn’t been collected as recently as March. It was unclear if that had since been collected. Spokespeople for the DHHS didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday. That debt likely wouldn’t appear under this month’s bankruptcy filing because it was incurred by the organization, not Hill personally.
