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Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples
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Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court—unlike married couples,
Unmarried couples living together should take certain precautions, whether you've lived together for years on end, or are simply considering the idea.
For over 35 years, Living Together has been helping unmarried couples of all ages deal with the big legal and practical issues involved with living buying or renting a house; sharing checking accounts, credit cards, and property (or keeping everything separate); having and raising children; writing wills and estate plans; getting authorization to make medical decisions for an ill or injured partner; and breaking up.
This book is completely updated for 2017, with the latest laws affecting unmarried couples in a wide variety of areas—family law, debt and credit, real estate, taxes, medical care, insurance, estate planning, and more.
Includes dozens of sample forms and contracts, such as an Agreement to Keep Property Separate.
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Living together out of wedlock can mean anything, especially in court—unlike married couples,
Unmarried couples living together should take certain precautions, whether you've lived together for years on end, or are simply considering the idea.
For over 35 years, Living Together has been helping unmarried couples of all ages deal with the big legal and practical issues involved with living buying or renting a house; sharing checking accounts, credit cards, and property (or keeping everything separate); having and raising children; writing wills and estate plans; getting authorization to make medical decisions for an ill or injured partner; and breaking up.
This book is completely updated for 2017, with the latest laws affecting unmarried couples in a wide variety of areas—family law, debt and credit, real estate, taxes, medical care, insurance, estate planning, and more.
Includes dozens of sample forms and contracts, such as an Agreement to Keep Property Separate.
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516 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 15, 2008
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Frederick Hertz
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September 9, 2024
Thorough and straight to the point, Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples helps the unmarried navigate the more challenging legal world of living a life together without official government approval.
This book is far less of a read than it is a reference guide. It covers just about every key topic that you could think of - from living together, to money issues, to housing arrangements, families and custody, coparenting, to death and separation.
Most of this information is not specific to unmarried couples. For example, writing a will is basically the same for everyone.
You can tell this was written by lawyers. It is dry as Sahara sand. But the information is there. Not a great read, but skim it and come back to it as a reference for when you get into one of these situations in life.
This book is far less of a read than it is a reference guide. It covers just about every key topic that you could think of - from living together, to money issues, to housing arrangements, families and custody, coparenting, to death and separation.
Most of this information is not specific to unmarried couples. For example, writing a will is basically the same for everyone.
You can tell this was written by lawyers. It is dry as Sahara sand. But the information is there. Not a great read, but skim it and come back to it as a reference for when you get into one of these situations in life.
March 10, 2018
Very thorough; covered almost every imaginable situation with special notes for same sex couples
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