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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>
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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>President Obama&#8217;s Family Law Agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:06:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new Presidential website - - - www.whitehouse.gov - - - complete with its own blog, is a wealth of information regarding the new Administration's family law agenda.  Here's a sampling from the "family" portion ]]></description>
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		<title>Alec Baldwin&#8217;s divorce book</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/09/22/alec-baldwins-divorce-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently Alec Baldwin has a book coming out this week that talks about his experience with the divorce process.  I read an excerpt of the book online &#8212; the introduction and part of the first chapter.  What I read seemed to be his &#8220;rant&#8221; on perceived corruption in the judicial system in California.  He calls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips for Divorcing Parents</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/09/16/ten-tips-for-divorcing-parents-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with the discussion last week about helping children cope with the reality of divorce, here are ten tips for divorcing parents, from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Ten Tips for Divorcing Parents Divorce is never easy on kids, but there are many ways parents can help lessen the impact of their break-up on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men and Alimony</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/09/15/men-and-alimony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alimony or Maintenance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[More Men Get Alimony as Stigma Lessens By Debra Cassens Weiss As more men sacrifice their careers for their higher earning spouses, more are receiving court-ordered alimony. And more are willing to talk about it. The percentage of men receiving alimony rose to 3.6 percent in the five years ending in 2006, compared to 2.4 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Children’s Bill of Rights</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/09/10/another-children%e2%80%99s-bill-of-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:18:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written recently on the very important topic of children’s issues in a divorce. Recently, I was pointed to another version of a children’s bill of rights located at DivorceHQ. Remember that this isn’t a “law”, but only guidelines for putting the children first. We the children of the divorcing parents, in order to form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Tips for Divorcing Parents</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/09/10/ten-tips-for-divorcing-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with the discussion last week about helping children cope with the reality of divorce, here are ten tips for divorcing parents, from the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Ten Tips for Divorcing Parents Divorce is never easy on kids, but there are many ways parents can help lessen the impact of their break-up on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Divorce Courts Anti-Dad?</title>
		<link>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/08/29/are-divorce-courts-anti-dad/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.themayfirm.com/2008/08/29/are-divorce-courts-anti-dad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article recently in Parade magazine.  The piece questioned whether divorce courts are against dads — “In 85% of divorces, fathers get just two weekends a month and a couple of hours during the week.”  The article cites to a new national trend for “proportional time” where the custody decision is based on [...]]]></description>
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