The Gay Paper, Baltimore
Solid legal information for gay couples was scarce -- until now.


Curve
Is a good primer for couples wanting basic legal advice on domestic partnerships, parenting, financial,estate planning and more.


Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco
A guide that lovers will do well to embrace. Buy this book.


Book Description
Now more than ever, it's important that you define and protect your relationship in the eyes of the law. If you don't, you run the risk of being shut out each other's lives -- and the lives of children you co-parent -- in times of medical, financial or personal crisis. This practical, plain-English guide shows lesbian and gay couples how to: *make practical decisions about living together *obtain domestic partner benefits *make medical decisions for each other when needed *take care of your partner's finances when your partner can't *leave property to each other *understand the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children through adoption, donor insemination, surrogacy or foster parenting A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, now in its 12th edition; is completely revised and updated to cover new domestic-partnership laws in California and New Jersey, same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and Canada, the latest on raising children and updated estate planning laws.


Download Description
"Now more than ever, it's important that you define and protect your relationship in the eyes of the law. If you don't, you run the risk of being shut out each other's lives -- and the lives of children you co-parent -- in times of medical, financial or personal crisis. This practical, plain-English guide shows lesbian and gay couples how to: make practical decisions about living together obtain domestic partner benefits make medical decisions for each other when needed take care of your partner's finances when your partner can't leave property to each other understand the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children through adoption, donor insemination, surrogacy or foster parenting A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples, now in its 12th edition, is completely revised and updated to cover new domestic-partnership laws in California and New Jersey, same-sex marriage in Massachusetts and Canada, the latest on raising children and updated estate planning laws.


About the Author
Hayden Curry, a graduate of Yale University who received his law degree from the University of Virginia, trained as a poverty lawyer and spent two years working with migrant workers in rural Florida. He moved to California in 1969 and worked in a legal services office in East Oakland. After leaving legal services, he worked as a law partner with Denis Clifford for several years and helped write A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. A proud participant of the Bay Area’s gay community, Hayden died of AIDS in 1991. Denis Clifford, a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review, is a lawyer who specializes in estate planning. He is the author of many Nolo titles including Quick and Legal Will Book, Nolo's Simple Will Book and Make Your Own Living Trust and co-author of Plan Your Estate and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He has been interviewed by such major media as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Money Magazine. Frederick Hertz is a practicing attorney and the author of Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for Same-Sex Couples (Owl Books) and co-author of Nolo's The Living Together Kit and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

America's estimated 20 million lesbians and gay men need to take specific legal steps to define and protect their relationships in the eyes of the law. This practical guide shows them 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. Includes living together contracts, sample wills and durable powers of attorney.

SYNOPSIS

Laws designed to protect married couples don't apply to lesbian and gay couples. So how do you proceed if you've adopted a child or need to write your will? Turn to A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. This book shows you how to:

write living-together contracts plan for medical emergencies plan your estates

A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples also covers: same-sex marriages co-parent and two-parent adoptions healthcare directives domestic partnerships domestic partner benefits the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children.

The updated and revised 11th edition reflects the latest estate tax laws, and samples of living together contracts, sample wills and a durable power of attorney.

About the Authors

Denis Clifford, a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review, is a lawyer who specializes in estate planning. He is the author of many Nolo titles including Quick and Legal Will Book, Nolo's Simple Will Book and Make Your Own Living Trust and co-author of Plan Your Estate and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He has been interviewed by such major media as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Money Magazine.

Frederick Hertz is a practicing attorney and the author of Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for Same-Sex Couples (Owl Books) and co-author of Nolo's The Living Together Kit and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Hayden Curry, a graduate of Yale University who received his law degree from the University of Virginia, trained as a poverty lawyer and spent two years working with migrant workers in rural Florida. He moved to California in 1969 and worked in a legal services office in East Oakland. After leaving legal services, he worked as a law partner with Denis Clifford for several years and helped write A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. A proud participant of the Bay Area￯﾿ﾽs gay community, Hayden died of AIDS in 1991.

FROM THE CRITICS

Curve

If your love match melds, you'll want the 10th edition of A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. The Legal Guide is a good primer for couples wanting basic legal advice on domestic partnerships, parenting, making financial and medical decisions, buying a home together, and estate planning.

Baltimore Gay Paper

Solid legal information for gay couples was scarce -- until now.

Modern Maturity

Excellent, comprehensive reference.

San Francisco Bay Area Reporter

A guide that lovers will do well to embrace. Buy this book.

Baltimore Gay Paper