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Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for Same-Sex Couples |
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Almost 30 years ago, the gay liberation movement opened up a brave new world that offered startling new freedoms and ways of looking at life. But the lives of gay men and lesbians were still bound by the network of laws and judicial rulings--some harsh and oppressive, others quite useful--that are the bulwark of our legal system. The gay movement has spent much of its energy dismantling laws that discriminate against homosexuals or criminalize sexual activity, but there is another expanse of legal territory--family law--that remains confusing and often uncharted. Frederick Hertz's Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for Same-Sex Couples provides a navigational map to the most dangerous places of this complicated territory. Covering everything from legal partnership contracts (in the absence of gay marriage) to the potential legal horrors and financial nightmares of a breakup, Hertz elucidates which existing laws can help gay couples and which can harm or hinder them. From joint bank accounts, home ownership, insurance, children (adopted and biological) and pets to separation contracts, child support, wills, and death benefits, Hertz presents clearly written, psychologically nuanced, and step-by-step instructions for all stages of gay and lesbian coupledom. --Michael Bronski
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