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		<title>Meaning, purpose, happiness and generosity: The health of marriage and family life in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:16:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The States of Our Unions report, by the National Marriage Project, delves into the health of marriage in America.  The Executive Summary includes remarks on being a parent and navigating the marital relationship (excerpt):
In this report, we find that married parents are more likely than their childless peers to feel their lives have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Setting aside the ‘I want to win’ mentality in divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Post highlights Ontario&#8217;s move toward mandatory information sessions promoting divorce mediation.  Kathryn Blaze Carlson writes (excerpt):
Had Scott McLarty and his then-wife been forced to consider divorce mediation as an alternative to litigation, he might have been spared $15,000 in legal fees and a two-year court battle over spousal support.
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“I think it would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The high cost of COBRA coverage: For most, no end in sight</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[USA Today highlights the problems displaced workers are encountering when their COBRA subsidy ends or they do not qualify.  
Note: At the time of a divorce, an employee&#8217;s former spouse is eligible for COBRA coverage for 36 months, but someone needs to pay the full premium plus the 2% administrative fee.  In contrast, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appreciating strengths: Accepting different ways of parenting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:20:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Timesdiscusses a study about involving fathers, as well as the benefits of co-parenting or parallel parenting. 
Laurie Tarkan writes (excerpt):
. . . [T]he critical difference was not greater involvement by the fathers in child-rearing but greater emotional support between couples.
“The study emphasizes the importance of couples’ figuring parenting out together and accepting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A bit foreign, scary even: Collaborative divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Single Parent Gossip shares the method for using collaborative law to resolve your divorce out of court.
Talibah Mbonisi writes (excerpt):
. . . In this cooperative framework, both parties also agree to:
- Act in their children’s best interests to minimize any negative impact that the situation could have on them.
- Be respectful to one another, stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s my chances of getting a divorce? Statistical factors associated with divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times focuses on a different topic (Money Talks to Have Before Marriage), but includes an interesting discussion of statistical analysis and the risk of divorce.
Ron Lieber writes (excerpt):
The risk that any marriage will end in divorce is about 45 percent, according to David Popenoe, a professor of sociology emeritus at Rutgers University. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The inventor of the Collaborative Divorce Process</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stu Webb is being honored for finding a better way to divorce at the 10th International Academy of Collaborative Professionals Educational Forum.
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		<title>Completely different: functioning as co-parents after the collaborative divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 11:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Fort Worth Business Press how to work through complicated divorce issues with collaborative divorce attorneys.
Leslie Wimmer writes (excerpt):
In traditional cases “you have mom and dad either going to court or preparing to go to court and more or less preparing to say every bad thing the other parent did, every flaw in their character, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to divorce without tearing your family apart</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/how-to-divorce-without-tearing-your-family-apart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 12:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[guelphmercury.com shows that fighting in divorce court rarely produces a real winner.
Joanne Shuttleworth writes (excerpt):
&#8220;It&#8217;s not for everyone, but for most people, it allows more dignity and control over the matter,&#8221; Rinnie said. &#8220;With this process, we can sit down and talk about what a good solution looks like. We can get a result that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A civilized divorce: divorce mediation and working together</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 11:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[myOptumHealth.com and KOTV show how divorcing couples use mediation to process a civilized divorce.
Lila Havens writes (excerpt):
In mediation, the couple works to reach an agreement both people think is fair. The mediator acts as a go-between to help them communicate. The couple makes the decisions, so they are more likely to stick with them. Having [...]]]></description>
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