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		<title>No War, No Drama Divorce&#8211; Ending Marriages Fairly, Respectfully, and Relationally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I get calls frequently from couples who have decided to divorce and are interested in mediation.  Usually, they haven’t started divorce proceedings and are interested in splitting up their property and making parenting decisions without going to court. Sometimes, they have retained legal counsel, entered temporary orders, and watched the legal bills mount—not knowing early-stage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/no-war-no-drama-divorce-ending-marriages-fairly-respectfully-and-relationally</link>
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		<title>Springtime &amp; Divorce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do springtime and divorce have in common?  In a phrase, “Hope for the Future.”  Seasonally, we hope for change for the better after a long, dark and dreary winter—La Nina living up to the advance press notices.  With couples whom I count as my Bellevue and Seattle mediation clients, the run-up to the joint [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/springtime-divorce</link>
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		<title>Connections Between Thanksgiving And Divorce</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For divorcing couples, the approaching Thanksgiving Holiday can be an anxious time.  It’s a quintessential family time of the year, even if your teenager has switched from turkey to tofu.  Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate traditions.  In our family, it was the annual viewing of Chevy Chase’s “Christmas Vacation.” As I help divorcing couples [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/connections-between-thanksgiving-and-divorce</link>
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		<title>Lessons from Brant v. Brant for Divorcing Couples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday as I perused the New York Times Sunday edition on a cloudy August Sunday, my eye caught the headline of Brant v. Brant, a nasty “high-stakes” divorce playing out in Connecticut courts. The author writes that this case is “…one of the most bitter, high-profile divorces in years. By the time Brant v. Brant [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/lessons-from-brant-v-brant-for-divorcing-couples</link>
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		<title>SAVING MONEY IN DIVORCE MEDIATION</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When married couples in the Seattle-Bellevue area contact me to inquire about what early stage divorce mediation looks like, they are usually motivated by (1) saving money, (2) fear of lawyers/legal fees, and (3) the desire to maintain a good relationship with their spouse.  They are also, by and large, “can do” people who are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Indirect Benefits of Mediation Progress Notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I discussed the important direct benefits of Divorce Progress Notes.  Celebrating the interim agreements reached, reminding couples of their homework to prepare for the next session and creating the agenda—these deliverables all serve to help couples move through parenting and property issues to decision-making as efficiently as possible.   There are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/the-indirect-benefits-of-mediation-progress-notes</link>
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		<title>The Importance of Progress Notes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The last six months have been so busy with new divorce mediations and collaborative divorce cases that I’ve totally blown my goal of monthly posts on this website.  Website visitors last heard from me as the autumn winds were blowing.  Now the decks are getting cleared just as spring is in full bloom and summer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/the-importance-of-progress-notes-2</link>
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		<title>Autumn Transitions—Moving Toward Your Preferred Future</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day is the traditional end of summer vacation and return to work.  Not surprisingly, As a divorce mediator and collaborative lawyer, I see an upsurge of calls from couples who have deferred the hard questions of how to best conclude their marriages and parent their children in separate households.  I hear in their voices [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/autumn-transitions%e2%80%94moving-toward-your-preferred-future</link>
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		<title>Collaborative Divorce Costs Less</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ There are three kinds of collaborative divorce that I recommend to clients, depending on the circumstances.  In order of cost-savings over traditional litigation, the options are: (1) mediation, (2) the collaborative team process, and, (3) two attorneys working together cooperatively as settlement counsel, with the assistance of a mediator on an “as needed” basis.    [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kanelaw.net/collaborative-divorce-costs-less</link>
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		<title>Transitions and Springtime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;         I  have been remiss in my posts during this long and wearisome winter.  But I have my excuses.  In mid-January, my co-tenants and I were rudely informed that our landlord had lost its master lease and we needed to vacate our Bellevue digs within a week.  So, that’s how I ended [...]]]></description>
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