Making It Legal (eBook)

A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships & Civil Unions

Frederick Hertz, Emily Doskow (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018 | 5., Fifth Edition
256 Seiten
Nolo (Verlag)
978-1-4133-2510-2 (ISBN)

Infos

It is the most up to date and complete guide to the past, present, and future of same-sex relationships that exists.

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Although same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, there is no federal recognition for domestic partners or civil union registrants, and many couples have messy and unresolved agreements and/or registrations that need to be cleaned up. Couples also need to consider whether they want to extend marital rights (and duties) retroactive to when they first starting living together as a couple, and those with children may need to resolve issues of legal parentage.



All of these issues will be addressed in the new edition of Making It Legal, which provides a brief history of the same-sex marriage movement, an overview of emerging trends, and a discussion of the factors involved in the personal decision to marry, including:



whether a pre-nup agreement is advisable what it involves

whether you will be responsible for your partner's debts if you're married

how to evaluate the effect of taxes on shared lives

when to turn to professionals for help during disagreements

when a will or living trust might be needed, and

more!

Inhalt

1. A Brief History of the Same-Sex Marriage Movement

2. Same-Sex Marriage Around the World and at Home

3. What It Means to Be Married: The Rules of Marriage and Divorce

4. The Real-Life Consequences of Legal Discrimination

5. Marriage Material

6. Ten Steps to a Decision

7. To Prenup or Not to Prenup

8. Avoiding the Ugly Gay Divorce

9. Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples

The End

Appendixes

A. Resources

B. The Marriage License Test

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2018
• Zusatzinfo: Black & White Graphs, Charts & Tables
• Verlagsort: Berkeley
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Familienrecht
• ISBN-10: 1-4133-2510-6 / 1413325106
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4133-2510-2 / 9781413325102