This practical guide shows lesbian and gay couples how to obtain domestic partner benefits, plan for medical emergencies, buy property together, provide for each other at death, and understand the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children. The book includes living together contracts, sample wills, and durable powers of attorney. Illustrations.
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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
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Medical care issues receive substantial attention in this new edition--powers of attorney, visitation, insurance, burial, property, and finances, with detailed sample documents included. Other revised topics include estate planning; lawyers and legal research, including a list of lesbian and gay rights organizations; and surrogate mothers. Other chapters (property, finances, children, and breaking up) have basically remained the same. Convenient full-size tear-out agreement forms are appended, as well as a new list of AIDS organizations. While Eric Marcus's Male Couple's Guide to Living Together ( LJ 3/1/88) covers similar ground, this is quite thorough and contains a great deal of practical advice that could be used by heterosexual couples as well. Recommended for public and academic libraries, and legal collections.
- Louise Stwalley, Univ. of Colorado at Denver Lib.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Louise Stwalley, Univ. of Colorado at Denver Lib.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This review is from: A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples (Paperback)
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.
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This review is from: A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples (9th) (Paperback)
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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Info that all LGBT people should know......,
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This review is from: Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples, a "With CD" (Paperback)
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.
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This is an optimistic book, designed to help lesbian and gay couples understand the laws that affect them, and take charge of the legal aspects of their lives. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
third person mutually, lesbian second parent, prepartnership agreement, medical care documents, joint project agreement, informal guardianships, estate planning resources, dispute arising under this agreement, invalid shall, domestic partnership law, registered domestic partners, legal parent, second arbitrator, property guardian, joint tenancy property, reciprocal beneficiaries, civil union law, domestic partnership benefits, one arbitrator, stepparent adoptions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Supreme Court, New York, San Francisco, Social Security, Mark Ruiz, Denis Clifford, Ben Jacobs, American Arbitration Association, Uniform Parentage Act, Lasting Contract, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, California Secretary of State, Human Rights Campaign, Los Angeles, New Hampshire, Nolo's Estate Planning Resources, Using Divorce Mediation, Name Date of Birth, Nolo's Simple Will Book, North Dakota, Plan Your Estate, Sample Joint Project Agreement New!
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third person mutually, lesbian second parent, prepartnership agreement, medical care documents, joint project agreement, informal guardianships, estate planning resources, dispute arising under this agreement, invalid shall, domestic partnership law, registered domestic partners, legal parent, second arbitrator, property guardian, joint tenancy property, reciprocal beneficiaries, civil union law, domestic partnership benefits, one arbitrator, stepparent adoptions Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Supreme Court, New York, San Francisco, Social Security, Mark Ruiz, Denis Clifford, Ben Jacobs, American Arbitration Association, Uniform Parentage Act, Lasting Contract, New Mexico, North Carolina, Rhode Island, California Secretary of State, Human Rights Campaign, Los Angeles, New Hampshire, Nolo's Estate Planning Resources, Using Divorce Mediation, Name Date of Birth, Nolo's Simple Will Book, North Dakota, Plan Your Estate, Sample Joint Project Agreement New!
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- Plan Your Estate by Denis Clifford on page 128, page 135, and page 138
- Expiration Date by Justin Curfman in Back Matter, and page
- The Partnership Book: How to Write A Partnership Agreement (With CD-ROM) 6th Edition by Dennis Clifford on page 22, and page 54
- A Legal Guide For Lesbian And Gay Couples by Hayden Curry in Front Matter, and Copyright
- Child Custody: Building Parenting Agreements That Work by Mimi E. Lyster on page 74, and page 82
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