Same-Sex Legal Kit for Dummies®
A great gift idea for the holidays!
The struggle for LGBT legal equality is the most important civil rights issue of this era, and the fight does not end at marriage equality. For couples who cannot legally marry ? and even for those who can - it is important for LGBT partners and parents to understand how their states? relationship laws, tax code, adoption, name change and estate planning can have a positive or negative effect on their family.
The Same-Sex Legal Kit For Dummies® (Wiley, 978-1-118-39521-9, Nov. 2012) is a straightforward, easy-to-read guide to the legal information and guidance LGBT people, whether single or coupled, need ?from making practical decisions about living together and obtaining domestic partner benefits, to making medical decisions, taking care of each other's finances when one partner is incapacitated, leaving property to each other, having and raising children, and much more.
The book is available at bookstores everywhere and you can purchase it at a discount from Amazon.com by clicking on this link.
The Same-Sex Legal Kit For Dummies addresses some of the issues and questions same sex couples may face, such as:
The book was co-authored by Carrie Stone, JD., who, along with her partner, Elisia Ross, co-founded and operates Rainbow Law, the first and only online legal information and document preparation resource specifically designed by and for the LGBT community.
Same-Sex Legal Kit For Dummies®
By Carrie Stone, JD and John G. Culhane, JD
Wiley /978-1-118-39521-9/ December 2012
For more info, visit www.rainbowlaw.com
A great gift idea for the holidays!
The struggle for LGBT legal equality is the most important civil rights issue of this era, and the fight does not end at marriage equality. For couples who cannot legally marry ? and even for those who can - it is important for LGBT partners and parents to understand how their states? relationship laws, tax code, adoption, name change and estate planning can have a positive or negative effect on their family.
The Same-Sex Legal Kit For Dummies® (Wiley, 978-1-118-39521-9, Nov. 2012) is a straightforward, easy-to-read guide to the legal information and guidance LGBT people, whether single or coupled, need ?from making practical decisions about living together and obtaining domestic partner benefits, to making medical decisions, taking care of each other's finances when one partner is incapacitated, leaving property to each other, having and raising children, and much more.
The book is available at bookstores everywhere and you can purchase it at a discount from Amazon.com by clicking on this link.
The Same-Sex Legal Kit For Dummies addresses some of the issues and questions same sex couples may face, such as:
- How to use legal documents such as partnership and parenting agreements, deeds, and wills, when state and federal laws do not recognize the rights of same-sex couples
- The difference between a ?Civil Union? and a ?Marriage? from a legal standpoint
- Obtaining a mortgage or joint loans in states with no legal recognition of same-sex partners
- How same-sex couples are treated in the military, even after the ?don?t ask, don?t tell? policy
- How the Federal Defense of Marriage Act affects the legal rights of LGBT families
- Options for same-sex couples seeking to build a family.
The book was co-authored by Carrie Stone, JD., who, along with her partner, Elisia Ross, co-founded and operates Rainbow Law, the first and only online legal information and document preparation resource specifically designed by and for the LGBT community.
Same-Sex Legal Kit For Dummies®
By Carrie Stone, JD and John G. Culhane, JD
Wiley /978-1-118-39521-9/ December 2012
For more info, visit www.rainbowlaw.com