A Legal Guide for Lesbian Gay Couples Author:Denis Clifford, Frederick Hertz, Emily Doskow Protect your rights -- protect your relationship! — 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 person... more »al 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 each other's finances when one partner is incapacitated
leave property to each other
have and raise children through adoption, donor insemination, surrogacy or foster parenting
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.