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	<description>1.  Good counsel on matters of relationships, families and family law.  2.  The efforts of good people working together to advance the mind, arouse the heart, and amuse the spirit.</description>
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		<title>&#8220;Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.&#8221; (Mark Twain): How not to bug the judge</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/clothes-make-the-man-naked-people-have-little-or-no-influence-on-society-mark-twain-how-not-to-bug-the-judge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Something Different]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ABA Journal reports on dress codes for courtrooms and bans on: pajamas, saggy pants, exposed undergarments, bare feet, curlers, gang clothes, muscle shirts, tank tops, halters, bare midriffs, miniskirts (hemlines more than 4 inches above the knee),
excessive, uncovered body piercings and tattoos, flip-flops, T-shirts with inappropriate messages and clown suits.
Debra Cassens Weiss writes (excerpt):
The [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Divorce Grand Rapids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Families/Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finances/Tax]]></category>

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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>Just say no?: Separation without divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Families/Children]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times highlights the &#8220;Un-Divorced&#8221; who choose to stay separated.
Pamela Paul writes (excerpt):
“Many people I’ve worked with over time enjoy the benefits of being married: the financial perks, the tax breaks, the health care coverage,” said Toni Coleman, a couples therapist in McLean, Va. “They maintain a friendship, they co-parent their kids, they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A heart for giving: Robert J. Dugan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Practice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Grand Rapids Press notes the passing of attorney Bob Dugan.
Heidi Fenton writes (excerpt):
Robert Dugan loved being involved with his community, a trait he built on for decades since signing onto the downtown law firm Rhoades McKee in the 1970s.
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He noted that Mr. Dugan&#8217;s compassion for clients and for the community as a whole will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sexting your life away: viral epidemic?</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/sexting-your-life-away-viral-epidemic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Families/Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[USA Today highlights the rise in people&#8211;especially teens but also adults&#8211;who send text messages with sexual content or nude pictures of themselves.
Stephanie Steinberg writes (excerpt):
To combat the problem, Sophy says, schools should incorporate lessons about appropriate texting in sex education classes. LG Mobile Phones also launched an initiative called LG Text Ed in which parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Putting a tracking device on a car: Beware</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Law: Cases/Statutes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Any surveillance issue requires special caution and consideration before action is taken.  There are a variety of federal and state laws that may be implicated by wiretapping, eavesdropping, and electronic monitoring, and each law has its own set of remedies, damages and sanctions in the event of violation.
Michigan&#8217;s laws now include a prohibition on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The more depressed/anxious, the less likely to seek marriage counseling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New York Times show how most couples need relationship counseling but are in denial.
Tara Parker-Pope writes (excerpt):
“You don’t wait to see the dentist until something hurts — you go for checkups on a regular basis,” said James V. Córdova, an associate professor of psychology at Clark University in Worcester, Mass., who wrote “The Marriage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Being there is 80 percent of the job&#8221;&#8211;Chris Rock on Fathers</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/being-there-is-80-percent-of-the-job-chris-rock-on-fathers/</link>
		<comments>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/being-there-is-80-percent-of-the-job-chris-rock-on-fathers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Families/Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[USA Today shows how &#8220;non-resident&#8221; dads who don&#8217;t live with their children are staying involved with them. Half of all children will spend part of their lives living apart from their fathers.
Sharon Jayson writes (excerpt):
&#8220;The point isn&#8217;t what fathers do; it&#8217;s whether the kid thinks or believes the father cares about them,&#8221; says Philip Cowan, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discipline for stepparents</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/discipline-for-stepparents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Families/Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Love and Logic Institute issued its weekly email newsletter with help for stepparents feeling the need to discipline stepchildren.  The four tips flow from the Love and Logic consultant style of parenting (fully documented in the many resources available at and through the website). 
Dr. Charles Fay writes (excerpt) that consultant parents and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Marriage: Got to admit it&#8217;s getting better</title>
		<link>http://domesticdiversions.com/index.php/happy-marriage-got-to-admit-its-getting-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David C. Sarnacki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CNNasked if your marriage was making you sick and then provided tips for getting better.
Elizabeth Cohen writes (excerpt):
1. Argue well ["What really matters is the quality of your arguments."]
2. Your spouse is annoying &#8212; accept it! ["[W]hen people get along, they just accept something annoying about their partner. They don&#8217;t try to alter it . [...]]]></description>
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