Revised ed. of: A legal guide for lesbian and gay couples / by Hayden Curry, Denis Clifford, and Frederick Hertz. 13th ed. 2005. Includes index.

Your LGBT family companion -- How we see our relationships -- How this book can help -- Using the forms in this book -- 1. Defining family : basics of marriage, domestic partnership, and more -- Defining family -- Domestic partnership -- Employee benefits for domestic partners -- Marriage and marriage-like relationships in the United States : an overview -- Can you get married? -- Creating marriage-like relationships by contract -- Ending a relationship -- Keeping up with legal changes -- 2. Marriage and marriage-like relationships -- Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts -- California's domestic partnership law -- The Vermont civil union law -- The New Jersey civil union law -- The Connecticut civil union law -- Relationship recognition in Hawaii : reciprocal beneficiaries -- Domestic partnership in Maine -- Hot off the presses : relationships in New Hampshire, Oregon, and Washington -- Is marriage (or its equivalent) right for you? -- 3. Money, insurance, name changes, and immigration issues -- Cash and credit -- Insurance -- Name changes -- Foreign lovers : visits and immigration -- 4. Renting a home together -- If a landlord discriminates against you -- Sharing a rental -- Sharing one partner's rented home -- Renter's insurance -- Moving on -- Public benefits and living together -- 5. I'm mom, she's mommy (or I'm daddy, he's papa) -- Legal parents and the second parent trap -- Having a child -- Adopting a child -- Foster parenting -- Becoming a guardian -- Agreements with teenagers -- 6. Medical and financial matters : delegating authority -- Health care decisions -- Physician-assisted suicide -- Burial and body disposition -- Estate planning note -- Durable power of attorney for finances -- 7. Looking ahead : estate planning -- Death and living together contracts -- Wills -- Estate planning beyond a will -- 8. Living together contracts for lesbian and gay couples -- Living together contracts are legal -- When you need a living together contract -- What to include in a living together contract -- Sample living together contracts -- Modifying your agreement -- Beware the tax man! -- 9. Buying a home together (and other real estate ventures) -- Finding a house -- How much house can you afford? -- Proceeding with your purchase -- Taking title to your new home -- Contracts for home purchase and ownership -- 10. Going separate ways : issues at the end of a relationship -- Breaking up : an overview -- The separation process : what to do -- Getting to yes : how to work toward resolution -- Ideas for solving some common problems -- Breaking up when there's no legal relationship -- Dissolving a gay marriage -- Dissolving a straight marriage -- Domestic violence in same-sex relationships -- 11. Help beyond the book -- Hiring a lawyer -- Doing your own legal research -- Legal organizations -- Appendix. How to use the forms CD-ROM -- Installing the form files onto your computer -- Using the word processing files to create documents -- List of forms included on the forms CD-ROM -- Renting together agreement -- Moving-in agreement -- Agreement to jointly raise our child -- Parenting agreement -- Nomination of guardian for a minor -- Donor insemination agreement -- Contract regarding child support and custody -- Temporary guardianship agreement -- Authorization to consent to medical, surgical, or dental examination or treatment of a minor -- Will -- Codicil -- Mediation-arbitration clause #1 -- Mediation-arbitration clause #2 -- Agreement to keep income and accumulations separate -- Agreement to combine income and accumulations -- Agreement for joint outright purchase -- Agreement regarding jointly owned item purchased on credit in one partner's name -- Contract for long-term couples -- Living together agreement, keeping things separate -- Living together agreement, sharing most property -- Agreement for sharing household expenses -- Joint project agreement #2 -- Agreement allowing alternating time off -- Agreement for educational support -- Agreement for compensating a homemaker -- Contract for equal ownership of real property -- Contract for ownership of real property and payments split unequally -- Promissory note for down payment money -- Contract when one owner does not live on the premises #1 -- Contract when one owner does not live on the premises #2 -- Contract for sale of a share of house -- Postseparation agreement regarding housing -- Agreement regarding mediation and arbitration -- Settlement agreement -- Postseparation parenting agreement.