A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples

Book info: A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples (Paperback, 375 pages) – Nolo, 2004. Language: English.

A thorough resource documenting the legal rights of gay and lesbian couples in the United States addresses such issues as same-sex marriage, adoption, domestic partnerships, housing, estate planning, medical power of attorney, buying a home, contracts, and legal referals. Original. Editorial Reviews Review A guide that lovers will do well to embrace. Buy this book. -- Bay Area Reporter, San Francisco

Is a good primer for couples wanting basic legal advice on domestic partnerships, parenting, financial,estate planning and more. -- Curve

Solid legal information for gay couples was scarce -- until now. -- The Gay Paper, Baltimore About the Author Hayden Curry, a graduate of Yale University who received his law degree from the University of Virginia, trained as a poverty lawyer and spent two years working with migrant workers in rural Florida. He moved to California in 1969 and worked in a legal services office in East Oakland. After leaving legal services, he worked as a law partner with Denis Clifford for several years and helped write A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. A proud participant of the Bay Area’s gay community, Hayden died of AIDS in 1991.

Denis Clifford, a graduate of Columbia Law School, where he was an editor of The Law Review, is a lawyer who specializes in estate planning. He is the author of many Nolo titles including Quick and Legal Will Book, Nolo's Simple Will Book and Make Your Own Living Trust and co-author of Plan Your Estate and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He has been interviewed by such major media as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Money Magazine.

Frederick Hertz is a practicing attorney and the author of Legal Affairs: Essential Advice for Same-Sex Couples (Owl Books) and co-author of Nolo's The Living Together Kit and A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.