A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
By: Attorneys Frederick Hertz and Emily Doskow
Contributors: Doskow, Emily, author
Edition: 17th edition.
Publisher: Nolo; NOLO
Published: 2014
Place of publication: [Berkeley, California]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 441
ISBN-13: 9781413320206; 9781413320213
Subjects: Gay couples; Popular works; Legal status, laws; Lesbian couples; Homosexuelles Paar; Rechtsstellung
Other titles: Legal guide for lesbian & gay couples; Lesbian and gay couples; Lesbian & gay couples
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Your LGBT family companion : How we see our relationships --; title: How this book can help --; title: Using the forms in this book -- -- ch. 1.; title: Defining family: basics of marriage, domestic partnership, and more : Defining family --; title: Domestic partnership --; title: Employee benefits for domestic partners --; title: Other benefits --; title: Marriage and marriage-like relationships in the United States: an overview --; title: Can you get married? --; title: Creating marriage-like relationships by contract --; title: Ending a relationship --; title: Keeping up with legal changes -- -- ch. 2.; title: Marriage and marriage equivalent relationships : Same-sex marriage in the marriage equality states --; title: Marriage equivalent: California's domestic partnership law --; title: Other marriage equivalent laws --; title: Pre- and postpartnership agreements --; title: Marriage lite: relationship recognition in Wisconsin and Colorado --; title: Is marriage (or its equivalent) right for you? -- -- ch. 3.; title: Money, insurance, name changes, and immigration issues : Cash and credit --; title: Insurance ; Name changes --; title: Foreign lovers: visits and immigration -- -- ch. 4.; title: Renting a home together : If a landlord discriminates against you --; title: Sharing a rental --; title: Sharing one partner's rental home --; title: Renter's insurance --; title: Moving on --; title: Public benefits and living together -- -- ch. 5.; title: I'm mom, she's mommy (or I'm daddy, he's papa) : Legal parents and the second-parent trap --; title: Having a child --; title: Adopting a child --; title: Foster parenting --; title: Becoming a guardian --; title: Agreements with teenagers.; title: ch. 6.; title: Medical and financial matters: delegating authority : Health care decisions --; title: Physician-assisted suicide --; title: Burial and body disposition --; title: Estate planning note --; title: Durable power of attorney for finances -- -- ch. 7.; title: Looking ahead: estate planning : Death and living together contracts --; title: Wills --; title: A sample will --; title: Estate planning beyond a will -- -- ch. 8.; title: Living together contracts for lesbian and gay couples : Living together contracts are legal --; title: When you need a living together contract --; title: What to include in a living together contract --; title: Sample living together contracts --; title: Contracts for jointly acquired items --; title: Modifying your agreement --; title: Beware the tax man! -- -- ch. 9.; title: Buying a home together (and other real estate ventures) : Finding a house --; title: How much house can you afford? --; title: Proceeding with your purchase --; title: Taking title to your new home --; title: Contracts for home purchase and ownership -- -- ch. 10.; title: Going separate ways: issues at the end of a relationship : Breaking up: an overview --; title: The separation process: what to do --; title: Getting to yes: how to work toward resolution --; title: Ideas for solving some common problems --; title: Breaking up when there's no legal relationship --; title: Dissolving a same-sex marriage --; title: Dissolving a straight marriage --; title: Domestic violence in same-sex relationships -- -- ch. 11.; title: Help beyond the book : Hiring a lawyer --; title: Doing your own legal research --; title: Legal organizations -- -- Appendix.; title: Using the interactive forms : Editing RTFs --; title: List of forms.