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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples

17th edition.
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Laws affecting LGBT couples are changing rapidly, and while it's an exciting time for all gay and lesbian partners, keeping up with the myriad ways the shifting legal landscape touches your family life can be daunting. Now more than ever, it's important that you take the proper legal steps to define and protect your relationship in the eyes of the law. If you don't, you run the risk of being shut out of each other's lives and the lives of children you co-parent in times of medical, financial or personal crisis. Fortunately, this practical guide is updated with the latest legal information and legislation that will help you and your same sex partner protect and exercise your rights, and make sound decisions as a couple.

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Nolo, NOLO
Language
English
Pages
441

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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
2014, Nolo, NOLO
in English - 17th edition.
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
2012, Nolo, NOLO
in English - 16th ed.
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
2010, Nolo, NOLO
in English - 15th ed.
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
2010, Nolo
in English - 15th ed.
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A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples
July 15, 2007, NOLO
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
2005, Nolo, Brand: NOLO
in English - 13th ed.
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
2004, Nolo, NOLO
in English - 12th ed.
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
2002, Nolo, Brand: Nolo, NOLO
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
1994, Nolo Press, NOLO
in English - 8th national ed.
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A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
1993, Nolo Press, NOLO
in English - 7. national ed.

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Table of Contents

Your LGBT family companion : How we see our relationships --
How this book can help --
Using the forms in this book -- -- ch. 1.
Defining family: basics of marriage, domestic partnership, and more : Defining family --
Domestic partnership --
Employee benefits for domestic partners --
Other benefits --
Marriage and marriage-like relationships in the United States: an overview --
Can you get married? --
Creating marriage-like relationships by contract --
Ending a relationship --
Keeping up with legal changes -- -- ch. 2.
Marriage and marriage equivalent relationships : Same-sex marriage in the marriage equality states --
Marriage equivalent: California's domestic partnership law --
Other marriage equivalent laws --
Pre- and postpartnership agreements --
Marriage lite: relationship recognition in Wisconsin and Colorado --
Is marriage (or its equivalent) right for you? -- -- ch. 3.
Money, insurance, name changes, and immigration issues : Cash and credit --
Insurance ; Name changes --
Foreign lovers: visits and immigration -- -- ch. 4.
Renting a home together : If a landlord discriminates against you --
Sharing a rental --
Sharing one partner's rental home --
Renter's insurance --
Moving on --
Public benefits and living together -- -- ch. 5.
I'm mom, she's mommy (or I'm daddy, he's papa) : Legal parents and the second-parent trap --
Having a child --
Adopting a child --
Foster parenting --
Becoming a guardian --
Agreements with teenagers.
ch. 6.
Medical and financial matters: delegating authority : Health care decisions --
Physician-assisted suicide --
Burial and body disposition --
Estate planning note --
Durable power of attorney for finances -- -- ch. 7.
Looking ahead: estate planning : Death and living together contracts --
Wills --
A sample will --
Estate planning beyond a will -- -- ch. 8.
Living together contracts for lesbian and gay couples : Living together contracts are legal --
When you need a living together contract --
What to include in a living together contract --
Sample living together contracts --
Contracts for jointly acquired items --
Modifying your agreement --
Beware the tax man! -- -- ch. 9.
Buying a home together (and other real estate ventures) : Finding a house --
How much house can you afford? --
Proceeding with your purchase --
Taking title to your new home --
Contracts for home purchase and ownership -- -- ch. 10.
Going separate ways: issues at the end of a relationship : Breaking up: an overview --
The separation process: what to do --
Getting to yes: how to work toward resolution --
Ideas for solving some common problems --
Breaking up when there's no legal relationship --
Dissolving a same-sex marriage --
Dissolving a straight marriage --
Domestic violence in same-sex relationships -- -- ch. 11.
Help beyond the book : Hiring a lawyer --
Doing your own legal research --
Legal organizations -- -- Appendix.
Using the interactive forms : Editing RTFs --
List of forms.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
[Berkeley, California]
Other Titles
Legal guide for lesbian & gay couples, Lesbian and gay couples, Lesbian & gay couples

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
346.7301/68
Library of Congress
KF539 .C58 2014, KF539.C58 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
441 pages
Number of pages
441

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31992347M
Internet Archive
legalguideforles0000hert_q1t0
ISBN 10
1413320201, 141332021X
ISBN 13
9781413320206, 9781413320213
LCCN
2013041693
OCLC/WorldCat
861208595

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