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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: 223995
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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Amazon.com Review
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. I--Regina Marler/I
Product Description
Protect your rights -- protect your relationship! br br 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. br br This practical, plain-English guide shows lesbian and gay couples how to: br br limake practical decisions about living together br liobtain domestic partner benefits br limake medical decisions for each other when needed br litake care of each other's finances when one partner is incapacitated br lileave property to each other br lihave and raise children through adoption, donor insemination, surrogacy or foster parenting br br 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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Info that all LGBT people should know...... November 4, 2006
Linda (MI United States)
9 out of 9 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 5, 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
17 out of 19 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.pIf 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 13, 2002
John L. Louderback (California, USA)
7 out of 11 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 23 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, just remove no-spam from my address.
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