Synopses & Reviews
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"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." Curve
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"A guide that lovers will do well to embrace. Buy this book" Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco
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"In a society that still stigmatizes gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, our families require a level of legal attention that is challenging to the average person. This first-rate guide demystifies the legal process and provides an invaluable resource for gay and lesbian people engaged in the process of family creation." Attorney Urvashi Vaid, Director of the Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
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"Informative for any unmarried couple." San Francisco Chronicle
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"This book provides a legal roadmap for anyone looking for guidance towards protecting his or her family. I commend its authors for making available this important information." Elizabeth Birch, Executive Director, Human Rights Campaign
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"The edge of the law
will be much less fearful for those who have this book." Los Angeles
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"Excellent, comprehensive reference." Modern Maturity
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"Most legal guidebooks including those written for lawyers ignore lesbian and gay couples. For almost 20 years, this has been the outstanding exception, and it remains the standard for lesbians and gay men who want solid, basic answers." Matt Coles, Director, Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, ACLU
Synopsis
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. The guide includes living together contracts, sample wills and a durable power of attorney.