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A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples | 
 enlarge | Authors: Denis Clifford, Frederick Hertz, Emily Doskow
Publisher: NOLO
Category: Book
List Price: $34.99
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 274347
Media: Paperback
Edition: 14th
Pages: 330
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9 x 7 x 0.8
ISBN: 1413306292
Dewey Decimal Number: 346.73016
EAN: 9781413306293
ASIN: 1413306292
Publication Date: July 15, 2007
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Nolo Press legal guides provide useful and accurate information on how to manage your own affairs or, failing this, how to hire a lawyer and negotiate the court system. The rapid changes in gay and lesbian life in the past 30 years have not been reflected in the legal codes of most states, and without enforceable written agreements, gay and lesbian people may find such crucial matters as inheritance, legal guardianship, child custody, and support left to the whim of a judge or state agency. As the writers of this volume (first published in 1980) point out, "married couples' relationships are defined by law," while lesbian and gay couples have the freedom--and responsibility--to create their own legal relationships. Agreements drawn up in advance provide guidance for a time when all is not moonbeams and madness. Tear-out forms and sample documents are included. --Regina Marler
Book Description
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 14th edition is updated to provide the latest information on same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships in the U.S., Canada and around the world. It also includes a CD-ROM that helps you create essential legal documents.
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Laws designed to protect married couples don't apply to lesbian and gay couples. So how do you proceed if you've adopted a child or need to write your will? Turn to A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. This book shows you how to: write living-together contracts plan for medical emergencies plan your estates A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples also covers: same-sex marriages co-parent and two-parent adoptions healthcare directives domestic partnerships domestic partner benefits the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children. The updated and revised 11th edition reflects the latest estate tax laws, and samples of living together contracts, sample wills and a durable power of attorney.
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Info that all LGBT people should know...... November 4, 2006
Linda (MI United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really enjoy this book and would recommend it to anyone who is in a LGBT relationship. I especially enjoy the CD-ROM that it includes so you can type up your own forms as a way to protect yourself and your partner.
Stand up! February 6, 2004
Michael Grim (St. Augustine, FL USA)
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great reference for all of us to stand up for the right to be who we are.
Get's an A+ March 31, 2003
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
If you have a college degree, good income, own a home, and prefer a do-it-yourself explanation, this is the book for you. It is written by laywers and describes partnership situations in detail with legal/financial tools to apply. In some cases, it gets down to state by state specifics (Vermont's same-sex law, Hawaii's beneficiary law, etc). It deals with houses & other property, stocks & bank accounts, wills & inheritance, children, prior marriages, and even breaking up.If you are still 'building your credit history' or want to learn about 'life insurance policies', then buy one of the simpler books. If you are an educated anal-rententive meticulously detail-oriented gay adult, then this is the book for you. You can skip the others.
A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples (Legal Guide for L April 14, 2002
John L. Louderback (California, USA)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This guide has been highly resourceful in the lives of my partner and I. There is not a day that goes by that we do not reference it. It is written in a very easy to understand format and contains several templates for "Durable Power of Attorneys", etc. I highly recommend this book. Anyone interested in emailing me.
Fabulous fabulous guide for the 20th century January 22, 1998
20 out of 24 found this review helpful
This guide has been highly resourceful in the lives of my partner and I. There is not a day that goes by that we do not reference it. It is written in a very easy to understand format and contains several templates for "Durable Power of Attorney"s, etc. I highly recommend this book. Anyone interested in emailing me, just remove "no-spam" from my address.
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