A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, 17th Ed.

Synopsis

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.

A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples covers: * making practical decisions about living together

* planning for medical emergencies making medical decisions for one another and taking care * of each other's finances when one partner is incapacitated

* domestic partner benefits and how to obtain them

* buying property together

* providing for each other upon death

* practical and legal aspects of having and raising children

* marriage laws for all 50 states

The updated edition provides the latest information on same sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships. Plus, create essential legal documents using the step by step instructions included.

Copyright:

2014

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

508 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781413320213

Publisher:

NOLO

Date of Addition:

06/02/14

Copyrighted By:

and

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Self-Help, Parenting and Family, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.