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		<title>MASSACHUSETTS ALIMONY REFORM BILL IS SIGNED INTO LAW</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/09/massachusetts-alimony-reform-bill-is-signed-into-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marion Lee Wasserman The Alimony Reform Act of 2011 was signed into law by Governor Deval Patrick on September 26, 2011.   The Alimony Reform Act will enter into effect on March 1, 2012.  This legislation is designed to add greater fairness and predictability to alimony awards in Massachusetts.  Under the Alimony Reform Act, complaints [...]]]></description>
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		<title>POSTNUPTIAL AGREEMENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS: THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL COUNSEL</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/08/postnuptial-agreements-in-massachusetts-the-importance-of-legal-counsel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marion Lee Wasserman For married couples who want to contractually settle certain financial matters between them as a means of strengthening and stabilizing their marriage, the case of Ansin v. Craven-Ansin, decided by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 2010, was great news.  In the Ansin case, married couples in Massachusetts were deemed, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MASSACHUSETTS ALIMONY REFORM BILL PASSES SENATE AND HOUSE</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/07/massachusetts-alimony-reform-bill-passes-senate-and-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marion Lee Wasserman The proposed Alimony Reform Act of 2011 was unanimously passed by the Massachusetts Senate on July 28, 2011, having unanimously passed in the House of Representatives on July 20, 2011.   It is anticipated that the Governor will sign this historic piece of legislation, which would become effective on March 1, 2012.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DO YOU NEED A RELIGIOUS DIVORCE?</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/07/do-you-need-a-religious-divorce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marion Lee Wasserman Most of the divorcing couples who come to me for assistance have had a religious marriage ceremony.  These couples sometimes have a question along the lines of one posed to me recently by an immigration attorney on behalf of his client:   &#8220;My client was married in civil proceedings and in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MASSACHUSETTS ALIMONY REFORM BILL CLOSER TO FINAL PASSAGE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marion Lee Wasserman The proposed Alimony Reform Act of 2011 was unanimously passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives on July 20, 2011.  This historic legislation, intended to remake the alimony landscape in Massachusetts, has moved a giant step closer to becoming the law of the Commonwealth.  A vote on the bill by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON THE BRINK OF REFORM: A CLOSE LOOK AT ALIMONY LEGISLATION PENDING IN MASSACHUSETTS</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/06/on-the-brink-of-reform-a-close-look-at-alimony-legislation-pending-in-massachusetts-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marion Lee Wasserman INSTALLMENT II:  THREE KINDS OF SPECIAL-PURPOSE ALIMONY The Alimony Reform Act of 2011, currently pending in the Massachusetts legislature,  establishes three types of special-purpose, limited-duration alimony &#8212; &#8220;Rehabilitative Alimony,&#8221; Reimbursement Alimony,&#8221; and &#8220;Transitional Alimony&#8221; &#8212; which are distinguished from &#8220;General Term Alimony.&#8221;  General Term Alimony is alimony paid to an economically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FEAR AND DIVORCE: A FOUR-LETTER TOOL FOR MOVING THE DIVORCE PROCESS FORWARD</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/06/fear-and-divorce-a-four-letter-tool-for-moving-the-divorce-process-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Divorce Mediation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marion Lee Wasserman This article has been published in the Family Mediation Quarterly of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Summer 2011 issue. Fear and divorce go together.  Pointing this out to divorcing individuals as part of the divorce process can be extremely helpful.  &#8220;Fear&#8221; is a powerful word.  It puts the truth of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON THE BRINK OF REFORM: A CLOSE LOOK AT ALIMONY LEGISLATION PENDING IN MASSACHUSETTS</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/03/on-the-brink-of-reform-a-close-look-at-alimony-legislation-pending-in-massachusetts/</link>
		<comments>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2011/03/on-the-brink-of-reform-a-close-look-at-alimony-legislation-pending-in-massachusetts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[INSTALLMENT I: WHEN THE PAYOR RETIRES, WHAT THEN? by Marion Lee Wasserman Introduction Family lawyers are abuzz in Massachusetts, talking of probable passage of The Alimony Reform Act of 2011. The statute has a title that speaks for itself: &#8220;An Act to Reform and Improve Alimony.&#8221; When it comes to alimony law, reform and improvement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARION LEE WASSERMAN ATTENDED CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION PROGRAM ON LITIGATED DIVORCES</title>
		<link>http://reachaccord.com/reachaccord/2010/11/marion-lee-wasserman-attended-continuing-legal-education-program-on-litigated-divorces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:42:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The litigation alternative lies just over the fence, a last resort for couples who do not reach a divorce settlement.  Ms. Wasserman was honored to attend, as a guest of one of the presenters, a full-day Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education program on October 29, 2010 called &#8220;Trying Divorce Cases.&#8221;  The presenters demonstrated the examination and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MARION LEE WASSERMAN PRESENTED A WORKSHOP FOR PROFESSIONALS ON THE DRAFTING OF SEPARATION AGREEMENTS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mwasserman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ms. Wasserman presented a workshop on November 19, 2010 at the annual Institute of the  Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation.  The workshop, designed for divorce mediators and lawyers, explored what works and what doesn&#8217;t work in written Separation Agreements.  These are the all-important settlement agreements that divorcing couples present to the Probate and Family Court [...]]]></description>
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