Protect your rights -- protect your relationship! 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. This practical, plain-English guide shows lesbian and gay couples how to: make practical decisions about living together obtain domestic partner benefits make medical decisions for each other when needed take care of each other's finances when one partner is incapacitated leave property to each other have and raise children through adoption, donor insemination, surrogacy or foster parenting The 15th edition is updated with a discussion of the laws of each state offering either marriage or marriage-equivalent status, covers all the new state laws in recent months, and discusses the pros and cons of entering into a marriage or like relationship. It also includes a CD-ROM that helps living-together contracts, powers of attorney, wills and more.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Nolo
ISBN-10
1413316816
ISBN-13
9781413316810
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109034059
Product Key Features
Edition
16
Book Title
Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
Family Law / General, Human Rights, Gender & the Law, Lgbt Studies / Lesbian Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Law, Social Science, Political Science
Author
Denis Clifford, Emily Doskow, Frederick Hertz
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
24.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
" Informative for any unmarried couple. " San Francisco Chronicle "A guide that lovers will do well to embrace. Buy this book." Bay Area Reporter "The edge of the law will be much less fearful for those who have this book." Los Angeles Times