A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples
By: by Denis Clifford, Frederick Hertz, and Emily Doskow.
Contributors: Hertz, Frederick.; Doskow, Emily.
Edition: 15th ed.
Publisher: Nolo; NOLO
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781413310917
Subjects: Gay couples -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Popular works; Lesbian couples -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works; Civil unions -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works
Description: A guide to legal issues concerning lesbian and gay couples that covers the basics of marriage, domestic partnership, money, insurance, name changes, immigration, parenting, medical matters, finances, renting or buying a home, and ending a relationship, and includes a CD-ROM with forms for legal agreements.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Your LGBT family companion; title: How we see our relationships; title: How this book can help; title: Using the forms in this book; title: Defining family : basics of marriage, domestic partnership, and more defining family; title: Domestic partnership; title: Employee benefits for domestic partners; 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; title: Marriage and marriage-like relationships; title: Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts; title: California's domestic partnership law; title: The Vermont civil union law; title: The New Jersey civil union law; title: The Connecticut civil union law; title: Relationship recognition in Hawaii : reciprocal beneficiaries; title: Domestic partnership in Maine; title: Hot off the presses : relationships in New Hampshire, Oregon, and Washington; title: Is marriage (or its equivalent) right for you?; title: Money, insurance, name changes, and immigration issues cash and credit; title: Insurance; title: Name changes; title: Foreign lovers : visits and immigration; title: Renting a home together; title: If a landlord discriminates against you; title: Sharing a rental; title: Sharing one partner's rented home; title: Renter's insurance; title: Moving on; title: Public benefits and living together; title: I'm mom, she's mommy (or I'm daddy, he's papa); title: 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: Medical and financial matters : delegating authority; title: Health care decisions; title: Physician-assisted suicide; title: Burial and body disposition; title: Estate planning note; title: Durable power of attorney for finances; title: Looking ahead : estate planning; title: Death and living together contracts; title: Wills; title: Estate planning beyond a will; title: Living together contracts for lesbian and gay couples; title: 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: Modifying your agreement; title: Beware the tax man!; title: Buying a home together (and other real estate ventures); title: 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; title: Going separate ways : issues at the end of a relationship; title: 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 gay marriage; title: Dissolving a straight marriage; title: Domestic violence in same-sex relationships; title: Help beyond the book; title: Hiring a lawyer; title: Doing your own legal research; title: Legal organizations.