Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, A (eBook)

Emily Doskow, Frederick Hertz (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018 | 19., Nineteenth Edition
432 Seiten
Nolo (Verlag)
978-1-4133-2544-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is for LGBT couples who want to know how to legally define and protect their relationships, especially those couples who are not quite ready to get married, or who are in a civil union or domestic partnership.

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Protect yourself and your loved one with sound legal planningLaws affecting LGBT couples have changed dramatically in the last decade--today, same-sex couples can get married in any state in the U.S.. However, for those couples who choose not to get married, it's essential to 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 the children you co-parent--in times of medical, financial or personal crisis. Fortunately, this practical guide is updated with the latest legal information to help you and your same-sex partner protect and exercise your rights and make sound decisions as a couple. A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples covers: making practical decisions about living together planning for medical emergencies--making medical decisions for one another and taking care of each other's finances when one partner is incapacitated domestic partner benefits and how to obtain them buying property togetherproviding for each other upon death, and practical and legal aspects of having and raising children.

Inhalt

Your LGBT Family Companion

1. Defining Family: Basics of Marriage, Domestic Partnership, and More

2. Money, Insurance, Name Changes, and Immigration Issues

3. Renting a Home Together

4. I'm Mom, She's Mommy (or I'm Daddy, He's Papa)

5. Medical and Financial Matters: Delegating Authority

6. Looking Ahead: Estate Planning

7. Living Together Contracts for Lesbian and Gay Couples

8. Buying a Home Together (and Other Real Estate Ventures)

9. Going Separate Ways: Issues at the End of a Relationship

10. Help Beyond the Book

Appendix: Using the Interactive Forms

Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2018
• 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: 1-4133-2544-0 / 1413325440
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4133-2544-7 / 9781413325447