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	<title>Dallas Divorce Law Blog by Michelle O&#039;Neil &#187; Children and divorce</title>
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		<title>The Tender Years Doctrine in Texas.</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2010/03/31/the-tender-years-doctrine-in-texas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am often asked whether court&#8217;s still presume that custody of a child should go to the mother as opposed to the father. The short answer is no. Courts are not permitted to consider the gender of the parent (or the child) in making decisions regarding custody. Generally the best interests of the child are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom can&#8217;t smoke around the child&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/11/11/mom-cant-smoke-around-the-child/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/11/11/mom-cant-smoke-around-the-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Time]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Ohio appeals court has upheld a judge’s order barring the mother of a 9-year-old girl from smoking around her daughter, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Legal experts say that the issue of parental smoking is an increasingly common one in child custody disputes.]]></description>
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		<title>Child Success Depends on Family Stability</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/10/06/child-success-depends-on-family-stability/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/10/06/child-success-depends-on-family-stability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advantage that children get from living in two-parent families may actually be due to family stability more than the fact that their parents are married. ]]></description>
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		<title>Resources for LGBT parents and children</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/05/03/resources-for-lgbt-parents-and-children/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/05/03/resources-for-lgbt-parents-and-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 22:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian Custody]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am involved in several family law cases in the Dallas area with LGBT parents suing for conservatorship or visitation/possession rights to their children or their former partner's children.  One of my clients referred me to this website ]]></description>
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		<title>International Child Abduction and Hague Treaty</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/02/15/international-child-abduction-and-hague-treaty/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/02/15/international-child-abduction-and-hague-treaty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abduction of a child]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legal System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hague treaty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[international child abduction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have read  recently about David Goldman whose wife went to Brazil for vacation with their son and then refused to bring him back.  She later divorced him in Brazil and remarried a Brazillian lawyer.  Recently the wife died, leaving the son with the new stepfather ]]></description>
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		<title>Non Standard Possession in Dallas Divorces</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/01/31/non-standard-possession-in-dallas-divorces/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2009/01/31/non-standard-possession-in-dallas-divorces/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting Time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Possession schedule]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For some parents, the Standard Possession Order does not fit with their situation or their children. Parents may either agree that an alternate schedule is in the best interest of the child, or a court may order a different schedule. For example, some parents choose to implement a plan where the child spends one week with one parent and the next week with ]]></description>
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		<title>Dallas Divorce Lawyers See Similarities to National Trends</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/12/17/dallas-divorce-lawyers-see-similarities-to-national-trends/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/12/17/dallas-divorce-lawyers-see-similarities-to-national-trends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dallas Divorce Lawyers note a similar trend to that in a recent Newsweek article.  Newsweek point to a trend nationally where divorcing couples are sharing equal time with their children as well as joint decision making.  The "standard" orders in a Dallas divorce involves parents making shared decisions ]]></description>
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		<title>Telling the Kids About Your Divorce</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/10/17/telling-the-kids-about-your-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/10/17/telling-the-kids-about-your-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telling kids about divorce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talking to your kids about your divorce is difficult, to say the least.  Try the following tips to help both the child and yourself with the challenge and stress of the conversation: Do not keep it a secret or wait until the last minute.  Kids tend to know more about what&#8217;s going on than parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Myths of Divorce</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/10/14/more-myths-of-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/10/14/more-myths-of-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adultery/Cheating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gender Differences]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with the myths of divorce post from Rutgers University&#8217;s National Marriage Project: 8.  Myth:  &#8220;Because they are more cautious in entering marital relationships and also have a strong determination to avoid the possibility of divorce, children who grow up in a home broken by divorce tend to have as much success in their own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Myths of Divorce continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/10/13/myths-of-divorce-continued/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/10/13/myths-of-divorce-continued/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Children and divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[divorce standard of living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-conflict divorce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More about the myths of divorce from Rutgers University&#8217;s National Marriage Project: 4.  Myth:  &#8220;Divorce may cause problems for many of the children who are affected by it, but by and large these problems are not long lasting and the children recover relatively quickly.&#8221;  Divorce increases the risk of interpersonal problems in children.  There is [...]]]></description>
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