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		<title>Requiring Fault in Divorce Runs Counter to Focus of Mediation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York is on the brink of having three new matrimonial law provisions: no-fault divorce, post-marital income guidelines, and counsel fees.]]></description>
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		<title>DOMA ruled unconstitutional</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) has been ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in Boston.  DOMA, signed into law by Bill Clinton, severely restricts the rights of gays and lesbians. across the country.  For example, unlike their heterosexual counterparts, they are denied full faith and credit under the law, so if a marriage is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Benefits of Marital Counseling</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s Science section of the New York Times, Tara Parker-Pope writes about the benefits of marital counseling and the general cultural resistance to it. In fact, the majority of divorcing couples never even try it.  In our practice, we consistently notice that those who have had counseling prior to mediation bring a deeper understanding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No-fault divorce and mediation on the Op-Ed page</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An important piece on the Op-Ed page of the New York Times this morning: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/opinion/17coontz.html?ref=opinion
What begins as an article about no-fault divorce evolves into an endorsement of mediation.  We couldn&#8217;t agree more!
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		<title>legal update part 2&#8211;Post-Marital Income</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In addition to the no-fault bill, also pending in Albany is a bill that would do for spousal support/maintenance/alimony (call it what you will, a rose by any other name is still a rose) what was done years ago for child support: provide guidelines.  For parties in mediation, the guidelines would offer an additional possible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will NY finally join the other 49 states in the Union?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No-fault divorce is the law of the land, with one glaring exception: New York.  Now, it should go without saying that we love NY.  But in some respects, it is really behind the times.
Each year, it seems, a no-fault bill is debated in Albany.  This year, however, it may actually pass!  For years, divorcing couples [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al and Tipper prompt ruminations on marriage and divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the world is scratching its proverbial head about the dissolution of a seemingly happy marriage, others see a cup half full.  The Gores have shared a long life together and now each has the opportunity to move forward into another phase.  While growing apart may not have been hoped for, as mediators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Divorce Italian Style</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 16:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s New York Times, page A9,  reports about the business of divorce in Italy &#8212; literally.  Ciao Amore, complete with a logo of a broken heart, holds &#8220;divorce fairs&#8221; in which professionals in the divorce trade come together promoting their various services.  There&#8217;s even a &#8220;seduction expert&#8221; advising the newly single.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYT crossword (spoiler alert!)</title>
		<link>http://nyfamilymediation.com/2010/05/03/nyt-crossword-spoiler-alert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 20:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are having trouble de-coding one of the clues from yesterday&#8217;s New York Times crossword, it is with good reason.  The clue and the answer do not match up.
As avid crossworders, we were pleasantly suprised to see mediation make it to the Sunday puzzle.  But we feel some clarification is in order:  The clue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One writer&#8217;s look at the courts</title>
		<link>http://nyfamilymediation.com/2010/04/29/one-writers-look-at-the-courts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s New Yorker magazine (May 3, 2010 issue), Janet Malcolm writes about the Criminal, Civil and Family Court cases of a Queens, NY couple.  The couple, who made news several years ago, were in the midst of a divorce and heated custody battle over their young daughter when the father was gunned down [...]]]></description>
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