Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)= 212-549-2500
Gay and Lesbian advocates and defenders (GLAD)= 617-426-1359
Lambda Legal Defense and education fund = 212-809-8585
Lambda Legal defense and education fund = 312-663-4413
Lambda legal defense and education fund=404-897-1880
lambda legal defense and education fund= 323-97-2728
National center for lesbian rights = 415-392-6257
American civil liberties union of southern California= 213-977-9500
Bay area lawyers for individual freedom gay/lesbian legal referral panel= 415-956-5764
Gay and lesbian law association = 908-830-1005
Gay and lesbian lawyers association = 305-665-3886
Gay and lesbian lawyers of Philadelphia lawyer referral = 215-627-9090
GAYLAW attorney referral = 202-842-7723
Lesbian and gay bar association of Chicago = 773-404-9574
Lesbian and gay law association of greater New York = 212-459-4873
Massachusetts lesbian and gay bar association = 6917-277-2101
Minnesota gay and lesbian legal assistance = 612-879-1925
National gay and lesbian task force = 202-332-6483
New Mexico lesbian and gay bar association = 505-243-6808
Gay and lesbian advocates and defenders
Lambda Legal defense and education fund
National center for lesbian rights
National gay and lesbian task force
Laws designed to protect married heterosexual couples don't apply to
lesbian and gay couples. You need to take specific legal steps to define
and protect your relationship in the eyes of the law. If you don't you
run the risk of being kept out of each others lives--- and the lives of
the children you co-parent in times of medical, financial or personal
crisis. But if you do take these legal steps, you'll find yourselves
guarded against disaster and more importantly bonded together more deeply
than ever with a common purpose.
This practical guide shows lesbian and gay couples how to:
Make practical decisions about living together-- but or rent property
together and open joint accounts. Obtain domestic partner benefits make
medical decisions for each other in times of illness or incapacity take
care of a lover's finances in times or absence or incapacity
make burial and body disposition decisions after a lover's death. Leave
property to each other
Understand the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children
through adoption, donor insemination, surrogated or foster parenting.
The Legal Guide for lesbian and Gay Couples, now in an undated tenth
edition discusses the latest trends in marriage and domestic partnership
issues, gay and lesbian custody and visitation cases, and tax law changes
concerning estate planning. The tenth edition also introduces San
Francisco gay divorce attorney Frederick Hertz as co author, who provides
a fresh look at living together contracts and breaking up issues.
INCLUDES WILL, DURABLE POWER OR ATTORNEY FOR FINANCES, LIVING TOGETHER
CONTRACTS, AND SAMPLE PARENTING AGREEMENTS.
Compliments of Lea and Sandy