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		<title>Calling the Shots from the Grave</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/calling-the-shots-from-the-grave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/07/calling-the-shots-from-the-grave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written before in these columns that having a will allows people to decide for themselves how their money and property will be distributed after their death, rather than to let their state’s “intestacy” laws, with their rigid formulas, decide the matter. Without a will, or without transferring funds or creating trusts during your lifetime, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Honor: That Man Alienated My Wife’s Affection!</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/your-honor-that-man-alienated-my-wife%e2%80%99s-affection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/06/your-honor-that-man-alienated-my-wife%e2%80%99s-affection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you live in Mississippi, Hawaii, Illinois, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, or Utah, and you have a sexual relationship with a married person that leads to the breakup of his or her marriage, watch out. Aside from the usual risks you run when there’s a humiliated and angry ex-spouse who’s out to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex, Lies, and Online Dating</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/sex-lies-and-online-dating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/05/sex-lies-and-online-dating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 05:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[deliberate misrepresentation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scams]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=10747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Boomers returning to the dating world after divorce or widowhood have to deal with something that probably didn’t exist the last time they were single: online dating sites. There are literally thousands of such sites, ranging from mass-market sites with millions of members to relatively small “niche” or “affinity” sites catering to those who only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loans to Adult Kids: A Cautionary Tale</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/loans-to-adult-kids-a-cautionary-tale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/04/loans-to-adult-kids-a-cautionary-tale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adult kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking recently to an old friend, “Janet”, who told me about a troubling situation that I suspect is all-too-common among Boomer parents with adult kids.
Janet is a 61 year old divorced woman with one child, “Heather”. Heather is 33 and has been married to “Matt” for about four years. Two years ago, Heather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are Divorces So Expensive?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/why-are-divorces-so-expensive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/03/why-are-divorces-so-expensive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[divorce mediation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading a local news story the other day about a restaurant that had to be sold because of a divorce involving the owner and his wife. Evidently, the divorce was an ugly one, with allegations flying back and forth of adultery, drug abuse, and secret offshore bank accounts. There was a two-week trial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Divorced in Stages</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/02/getting-divorced-in-stages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/02/getting-divorced-in-stages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bitterness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial stage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From a legal standpoint, a divorce proceeding begins when either the husband or the wife files a court document commonly called a petition. Psychologically, though, the divorce process begins much earlier. No one wakes up and says, “I think I’m going to file for divorce today”, unless he or she has been agonizing over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adultery and Divorce: Facts and Myths</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/01/adultery-and-divorce-facts-and-myths/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/01/adultery-and-divorce-facts-and-myths/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=7021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With so many entertainers, politicians, and professional athletes making headlines because of their sexual infidelities, it might be worth taking a look at how the law deals with adultery.
Let’s start with a definition. Adultery, in most legal contexts, refers to a voluntary sexual relationship between two people, at least one of whom is married to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dodgers Owner Fires Wife; Now She’s Firing Back!</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/01/dodgers-owner-fires-wife-now-she%e2%80%99s-firing-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2010/01/dodgers-owner-fires-wife-now-she%e2%80%99s-firing-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[frank mccourt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m not sure what’s going on with Boomer-generation baseball owners in California, but yet another one is going through an extremely expensive divorce, and this time it’s a nasty one, too.
A while back [in “A Community of Two”], I wrote about John Moores, former owner of the San Diego Padres, and his then-wife, Becky. Because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paying Alimony? Thinking of Retiring? Better Think Twice!</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/12/paying-alimony-thinking-of-retiring-better-think-twice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/12/paying-alimony-thinking-of-retiring-better-think-twice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:27:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alimony]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boomers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[remarriage]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=5415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the issues in divorce cases, alimony is typically the most polarizing, more so even than child custody. If a husband is ordered to pay alimony, I guarantee you he insists he’s paying way too much, or that he shouldn’t have to pay at all. If a wife isn’t awarded alimony, she’ll be screaming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boomer Couples Resolving Differences from the Ground Up</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/12/resolving-your-differences-from-the-ground-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/12/resolving-your-differences-from-the-ground-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boomer-Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compromise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce mediator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[husbands and wives]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=5313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written previously in Boomer-Living about mediation, and why it’s usually better than litigation as a way of resolving disputes in divorce cases. But mediation can also provide lessons on how to prevent divorce by resolving disputes in relatively healthy marriages.
I learned early on in my practice as a divorce mediator that it was vital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yet Another Reason Not to Have an Affair</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/yet-another-reason-not-to-have-an-affair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/yet-another-reason-not-to-have-an-affair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[accusations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cheaters]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=4913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How would you like to wake up and learn that a woman you had an affair with has gone public with all the details? Even worse, how would you like to be a wife who reads that her husband’s motive for the affair was that she hates sex and is severely imbalanced psychologically?
Welcome, David and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where There&#8217;s a Will &#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/where-theres-a-will/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/11/where-theres-a-will/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[beneficiary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[executor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal property]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boomer-living.com/?p=4567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the unrelenting efforts of the legal profession to educate the public on the importance of wills, most people still don’t have one. A 2007 Harris Interactive survey disclosed that only forty-five percent of American adults have a will, and my guess is that a lot of those people have wills that are seriously out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trials of Trial Separations</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/09/the-trials-of-trial-separations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/09/the-trials-of-trial-separations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boomer-living.com/wp/?p=2642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are no accurate statistics on informal, or “trial”, separations, but it’s obvious that they are quite common. In my law and mediation practices, probably eighty percent of the divorcing couples I worked with had gone through at least one trial separation. A fair number had separated three or four times before throwing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Kinder, Gentler Approach to Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/09/a-kinder-gentler-approach-to-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/09/a-kinder-gentler-approach-to-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier article (“Avoiding the Well-Meaning Stranger”), I discussed divorce mediation, and why it’s often more effective than litigation as a way of resolving the many issues that arise during the divorce process. But mediation is not the only alternative to litigation. There’s a fast-growing movement called Collaborative Divorce that is well worth considering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Duzak</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/08/jim-duzak/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/08/jim-duzak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jim Duzak, Boomer-Living Director, is a Lawyer, mediator, workshop leader, and author of “Mid-Life Divorce and the Rebirth of Commitment” (Cold Tree Press, 2007). Jim Duzak has been called The Attorney at Love.
For over forty years, Jim’s personal and professional life has been dominated by issues of marriage, divorce, post-divorce dating, single parenting, and remarriage. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing “Sudden Divorce Syndrome”</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/preventing-%e2%80%9csudden-divorce-syndrome%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/preventing-%e2%80%9csudden-divorce-syndrome%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The figures vary a bit from state to state, but, in general, about seventy percent of divorce cases are filed by women. Does that mean that wives are less happy in their marriages than husbands are? Not necessarily, but women are more likely todo something about their unhappiness, especially when they feel they’ve been talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for Prenups</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/the-case-for-prenups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/the-case-for-prenups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:11:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an earlier column, I discussed some of the reasons&#8212;primarily psychological ones&#8212;why the big majority of couples don’t get prenuptial agreements. Today, I’d like to offer a few reasons why couples should have one.
One big reason is that you get to determine your own destiny, if and when you decide to divorce. A couple can tailor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Silent Partner to Your Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/the-silent-partner-to-your-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/07/the-silent-partner-to-your-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:13:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt obligations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce agreement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce cases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you and your spouse are thinking of getting divorced, there are almost certainly going to be other people involved, possibly for a long time to come. No, I’m not talking about your children&#8212;not today, anyway&#8212;or your relatives and in-laws, or your lawyers or the judge. I’m talking about your creditors.
In the overwhelming majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Once Isn&#8217;t Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/06/when-once-isnt-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family law cases]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always felt that the toughest of all family law cases are the ones in which the parties go back to court&#8212;sometimes repeatedly&#8212;seeking either an enforcement of the original divorce order, or a “modification” (court-ordered change) of the order.
In general, people who bring enforcement actions tend to be angry with their “ex”; sometimes very angry. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychological Barriers to Prenuptial Agreements</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/05/psychological-barriers-to-prenuptial-agreements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/05/psychological-barriers-to-prenuptial-agreements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 16:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prenups]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prenuptial agreements]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re a member of the Boomer generation and you’re thinking seriously of getting married (or, more likely, remarried), you should also be thinking seriously of having a prenuptial agreement. They make sense for just about anyone getting married, and they make even more sense the older you are and the more assets or liabilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Law Confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/04/common-law-confusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/04/common-law-confusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common law marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage and divorce]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the legal concepts related to marriage and divorce, common law marriage is probably the most misunderstood. I’m willing to bet that at least ninety percent of the people who think they have a common law marriage don’t have one. And an erroneous assumption in this matter can be a costly one.
Common law marriage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unintended Consequences of Long-Term Separations</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/the-unintended-consequences-of-long-term-separations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/the-unintended-consequences-of-long-term-separations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal separation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous column, I wrote about legal separations, in which there is a court-ordered framework of rights and responsibilities covering everything from property division and debt allocation to spousal support, child support, and parenting time. Although legal separations are often a prelude to divorce, I pointed out that they can be a useful long-term solution in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding the Well-Meaning Stranger</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/avoiding-the-well-meaning-stranger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/avoiding-the-well-meaning-stranger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2009 16:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce litigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family court judges]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I mean no disrespect to family court judges, but if you’re getting divorced and you choose to litigate your case, you’re allowing a well-meaning stranger to decide your fate. The judge assigned to your case is not going to get to know you as a person. The judge is not going to come out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grandparent Visitation: a Right without a Remedy?</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/grandparent-visitation-a-right-without-a-remedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/03/grandparent-visitation-a-right-without-a-remedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandchildren]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grandparents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal custody]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Millions of boomers are grandparents, and millions more look forward to the day when they will join the club. Most grandparents seem to love their role so much that their biggest complaint is that they don’t see their grandchildren often enough. In fact, it’s not unheard-of for younger retirees in places like Arizona and Florida [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fault with No-Fault</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/02/the-fault-with-no-fault/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/02/the-fault-with-no-fault/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce mediator]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family court judge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fault divorce]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boomer-living.com/wp/?p=2662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the exception of New York, every state in the country has a no-fault divorce law. In some of those states, a person still has the option of filing for divorce on one of the traditional “fault” grounds (adultery, abandonment, etc.), but very few people exercise it. Why bother with evidence, witnesses, denials, countercharges, and all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Community of Two</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/02/a-community-of-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/02/a-community-of-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dividing property]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equitable distribution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john moores]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The “community property” laws of California have been in the news lately in a rather unlikely place: the sports pages. It’s been widely reported that the San Diego Padres baseball team will have to be sold because of a pending divorce between the team owner, software mogul John Moores, and his wife, Becky. Apparently, Mr. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Statistics Say&#8212;and Don&#8217;t Say&#8212;About Divorce</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/what-the-statistics-say-and-dont-say-about-divorce/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/what-the-statistics-say-and-dont-say-about-divorce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce decrees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second marriages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As we all know, statistics&#8212;particularly statistics about human behavior&#8212;are frequently misunderstood, misleading, or just plain wrong. Winston Churchill once said that the only statistics he trusted were those he had manipulated himself. I’m not necessarily in favor of manipulating statistics, but I understand Sir Winston’s innate distrust of them.
A commonly-cited statistic in the area of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Legal Separations: When, Why, and How</title>
		<link>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/legal-separations-when-why-and-how/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boomer-living.com/2009/01/legal-separations-when-why-and-how/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 16:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Duzak</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationship Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships and the Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal separations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Legal separations are the subject of a lot of confusion. Some people think that they’re a precondition to getting a divorce (they aren’t). Some people think that they automatically result in a divorce after a certain period of time (they don’t); or that they expire if they’re not eventually “converted” to divorce cases (they don’t). [...]]]></description>
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