Although same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, there is no federal recognition for domestic partners or civil union registrants, and many couples have messy and unresolved agreements and/or registrations that need to be cleaned up. Couples also need to consider whether they want to extend marital rights (and duties) retroactive to when they first starting living together as a couple, and those with children may need to resolve issues of legal parentage.
All of these issues will be addressed in the new edition of Making It Legal, which provides a brief history of the same-sex marriage movement, an overview of emerging trends, and a discussion of the factors involved in the personal decision to marry, including:
whether a pre-nup agreement is advisable what it involves
whether you will be responsible for your partner’s debts if you’re married
how to evaluate the effect of taxes on shared lives
when to turn to professionals for help during disagreements
when a will or living trust might be needed, and
more!
Tabella dei contenuti
1. A Brief History of the Same-Sex Marriage Movement
2. Same-Sex Marriage Around the World and at Home
3. What It Means to Be Married: The Rules of Marriage and Divorce
4. The Real-Life Consequences of Legal Discrimination
5. Marriage Material
6. Ten Steps to a Decision
7. To Prenup or Not to Prenup
8. Avoiding the Ugly Gay Divorce
9. Estate Planning for Same-Sex Couples
The End
Appendixes
A. Resources
B. The Marriage License Test
Index
Circa l’autore
Emily Doskow is a practicing attorney and mediator who has worked with families in the Bay Area for more than 22 years. She specializes in family law, including adoption, parentage issues, domestic partnership formation and dissolution, and divorce. She is a graduate of the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley. She is the author of Nolo’s Essential Guide to Divorce and coauthor of A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples.
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