Download or read book A Lesbian and Gay Parents Legal Guide to Child Custody written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples written by Hayden Curry and published by NOLO. This book was released on 1991 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's estimated 20 million lesbians and gay men need to take specific legal steps to define and protect their relationships in the eyes of the law. This practical guide shows them how to: obtain domestic partner benefits-plan for medical emergencies-buy property together-provide for each other at death-understand the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children.The guide includes living together contracts, sample wills and a durable power of attorney. The updated 14th edition now includes a new chapter discussing the laws of states that offer an equivalent to marriage, plus information on ending such relationships.
Download or read book A Legal Guide for Lesbian Gay Couples written by Hayden Curry and published by NOLO. This book was released on 1984 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's estimated 20 million lesbians and gay men need to take specific legal steps to define and protect their relationships in the eyes of the law. This practical guide shows them how to: obtain domestic partner benefits-plan for medical emergencies-buy property together-provide for each other at death-understand the practical and legal aspects of having and raising children.The guide includes living together contracts, sample wills and a durable power of attorney. The updated 14th edition now includes a new chapter discussing the laws of states that offer an equivalent to marriage, plus information on ending such relationships.
Download or read book The Lesbian and Gay Parenting Handbook written by April Martin and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 1993 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the voices of lesbian and gay parents and their children talking about their experiences, Martin shows how to build the kind of support network that all parents need.
Download or read book A Legal Guide for Lesbian and Gay Couples written by Hayden Curry and published by NOLO. This book was released on 1999 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with the legalities of children, marriage, wills, property, and laws designed to protect lesbian and gay couples.
Download or read book Lesbians Child Custody written by Dolores J. Maggiore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work represents a collection of the most pertinent writing of the past fifteen years in the United States and Canada on the topic of lesbians and child custody. Articles were selected on the basis of their relevance, succinctness, and representativeness of the various aspects of child custody involving lesbians. Some of the original psychological studies comparing lesbian mothers to heterosexual mothers were sacrificed in favor of the piece by Patricia Falk, a thorough review of the psychological literature. For others, the length of the manuscript was prohibitive as was the case with the thorough, step-by-step Lesbian Mothers Litigation Manual by Donna Hitchens and Roberta Achtenberg of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.
Download or read book A Legal Guide for Lesbian Gay Couples written by Frederick Hertz and published by Nolo. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protect yourself and your loved one with sound legal planning Gay and lesbian couples have gained a lot of legal ground in recent years, including the right to marry. Although same-sex marriage is legal, it’s important to stay up to speed on the laws governing parentage, adoption, civil unions, and domestic partnerships, which vary from state to state. And if you choose to remain unmarried, it’s essential that you protect your rights and define your relationship in the eyes of the law—A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples can help. This plain-English guide shows you how to: have and raise children through adoption, donors, surrogacy, or foster parenting jointly buy a house or other property make decisions about living together, marrying, or registering make a will or living trust make medical decisions for each other, and deal with the end of a relationship. The 20th edition is completely revised to provide the latest on same-sex relationships and parentage laws. With Downloadable Forms: includes access to 35 essential legal forms, including a sample parenting agreement, a will, and more.(details inside).
Download or read book Nolo s Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support written by Emily Doskow and published by Nolo. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Custody and Support: Get the Answers You Need When you’re getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for yourself and your children if you work with the other parent to agree on a custody plan and child support. If you can’t resolve these issues, you’ll have to head to court and ask a judge to decide for you. Either way, Nolo’s Essential Guide to Child Custody & Support can help. You’ll learn: how negotiation and mediation can keep costs down and improve future dealings with your ex where to find your state’s child support guidelines how judges make custody decisions how to enforce and change custody and support orders how court trials work how Covid-19 is affecting custody arrangements and family court hearings, and when you need a lawyer and how to work with one. You’ll also find specifics about each state’s laws, including what factors courts consider when they rule on custody arrangements and what happens when one parent wants to move away with the children.
Download or read book Nolo s Essential Guide to Child Custody Support written by Emily Doskow and published by NOLO. This book was released on 2011 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides strategic advice for the child custody portion of a divorce, sharing coverage of topics ranging from outlining a plan and hiring a lawyer to enforcing broken agreements and making changes, in a guide that outlines state custody criteria and shares recommendations for special circumstances. By the author of Nolo's Essential Guide to Divorce. Original.
Download or read book Courting Change written by Kimberly D. Richman and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the inconsistencies in judicial decisions surrounding the rights of gay and lesbian parents and discusses how those inconsistencies have had a negative impact on same-sex parenting and families. Drawing on every recorded judicial decision in gay and lesbian adoption and custody cases over the last fifty years, the author demonstrates how parental and sexual identities are formed and interpreted in law, and how gay and lesbian parents can harness indeterminacy to transform family law.
Download or read book A Comprehensive Guide to Child Custody Evaluations Mental Health and Legal Perspectives written by Joanna Bunker Rohrbaugh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-26 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether assessing general family functioning or specific areas of conflict, professionals preparing child custody evaluations require sound knowledge of three interrelated fields: up-to-date legal issues, psychological findings, and forensic procedures. This book covers these three essential areas to walk readers through the evaluation process clearly and concisely. It further provides a unique combination of legal guidelines with social science research.
Download or read book Nolo s Essential Guide to Child Custody and Support written by Emily Doskow and published by NOLO. This book was released on 2015-10-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Custody and Support: Get the Answers You Need When you’re getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you work with the other parent to draw up a custody plan and agree on child support. If you can’t work out custody and support, you’ll have to head to court and ask a judge to step in. Either way, Nolo’s Essential Guide to Child Custody & Support can help. You’ll learn: how negotiation and mediation can keep costs down, ease the transition for kids, and improve future dealings with your ex where to find your state’s child support guidelines how judges make custody decisions how to enforce and change custody and support orders how court trials work what military families need to know when you need a lawyer and how to work with one You’ll also find specifics about each state’s laws, including what factors courts consider when they rule on custody arrangements, what happens when one parent wants to move away with the children, and how you can change custody or support orders.
Download or read book LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution written by Abbie E. Goldberg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-14 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What unique challenges face LGBTQ individuals in relationships or who are separating or divorcing, especially now that same-sex couples may marry? What issues might complicate the ending of relationships when children, multiple partners, or multiple parents are present? How do gender, gender transition, ethnicity, immigration status, economic status, geography, and other characteristics shape the experiences of divorcing or separating LGBTQ people? Finally, how can therapists and lawyers most effectively assist LGBTQ people whose relationships and families are dissolving? LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice brings together social science and legal perspectives to examine the timely topic of relationship dissolution and divorce among sexual and gender minorities. The first edited book to tackle this topic in an informed, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary matter, this volume gathers and expands current knowledge on topics such as LGBTQ people's relationship and dissolution patterns; the divorce and child custody rules and processes that now apply to many LGBTQ families; and the surrounding political and cultural environment in the United States. It will also address practical issues such as mediation with same-sex couples who are separating or divorcing, financial planning, and family therapy for sexual minority parents and their children in the context of divorce/dissolution. With chapters contributed by leading scholars and practitioners from law, political science, psychology, sociology, and other disciplines, LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution will be an invaluable resource for academics, practitioners, policymakers, and LGBTQ people. It will also be of interest to students in psychology, counseling, law, and LGBTQ and gender studies.
Download or read book Gay Parenting written by Joy A Shulenburg and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 1985-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1985, Gay Parenting was the first practical and comprehensive guide to help gay men and lesbians deal with the special problems of being both gay and a parent. Among the issues covered are: artificial insemination, co-parenting, adoption, foster parenting, and other options coming out to your children dealing with friends, family, and lovers custody arrangements Drawing on interviews with lesbian and gay parents and their families, Gay Parenting shed much new light on this increasingly controversial subject. The message of the book is clear: the problems of gay parents, though challenging, can be overcome and lesbians and gay men can raise happy, healthy children. Also included is an extensive listing of support groups, legal and health services, and other sources of information and assistance, making this book an essential resource for lesbian and gay parents and their families. Joy Schulenburg was a passionate write most of her life. This reprint is not just for her, but as a piece of history for the LGBTQ+ community. While a lot has changed since 1985, there is still a long way to go for families of the community. Joy passed away in 2016, survived by her wife Lena, her partner Nyondo, co-parent Geof, and her daughter Veronica.
Download or read book Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples written by Lawrence A Kurdek and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an essential resource filled with advice for providing social services to gay and lesbian couples. Despite myths to the contrary, many gay men and lesbians form long-term couples relationships. Unfortunately, many professionals working in the area of social services lack training with regard to the special needs of gay/lesbian couples. Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples helps fill this gap by providing information on diverse aspects of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships for social services workers. The contributing authors highlight the unique characteristics of gay and lesbian couples relationships and provide valuable information on the special social services these couples may need. Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples includes the results of a survey that divulge basic, descriptive information on the nature of gay and lesbian couples. These in-depth statistics reveal couples’perspectives on relationship length, commitment, and quality, terms of address for partners, finances, relationship experience, discrimination, living situation, sex, first meetings, support and challenges for the relationship, children, legal arrangements, and concerns about HIV and AIDS. In addition to revealing specific information about gay and lesbian couples, Social Services for Gay and Lesbian Couples also explores the therapeutic implications of this knowledge for social service providers. Chapters discuss specific situations in gay and lesbian relationships about which social workers should be informed, such as the factors involved in the formation of lesbian identities and issues encountered by gay couples when one partner is HIV-infected and the other is not. Also addressed are the special needs of gay or lesbian couples who wish to be parents, complete with descriptions of innovative services and the names, addresses, and phone numbers of national organizations that provide resources for gay or lesbian parents.
Download or read book When Gay Parents Divorce written by Colleen Logan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Gay Parents Divorce helps mental health practitioners navigate the myriad issues related to same-sex divorce. This book covers such wide-ranging topics as: the mechanics of divorce; how to collaborate on child custody; how to help families educate school personnel, pediatricians, and lawyers on the unique structure and culture of same-sex families; how to help families navigate the heteronormative legal system; how to consciously co-parent in blended families; and more. Case examples offer actionable advice to mental health professionals who are working to help solve issues that confront gay families, and "Tips for Practitioners" at the end of each chapter summarize key information and related techniques.
Download or read book Reader s Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies written by Timothy Murphy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Reader's Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies surveys the field in some 470 entries on individuals (Adrienne Rich); arts and cultural studies (Dance); ethics, religion, and philosophical issues (Monastic Traditions); historical figures, periods, and ideas (Germany between the World Wars); language, literature, and communication (British Drama); law and politics (Child Custody); medicine and biological sciences (Health and Illness); and psychology, social sciences, and education (Kinsey Report).
