Hi,
You should be able to use the XMLData object.
var cXMLDoc = "<family name = 'Robat'><grandad id = 'm1' name = 'A.C.' gender='M'><child> m2 </child><personal><income>100000</income></personal></grandad></family>"
var myXML= XMLData.parse( cXMLDoc, false);
Hope this helps
Malcolm