What do you think?
Rate this book
Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried Couples, With Downloadable Forms
All the law cohabiting couples need to know
Laws that protect married couples―on property ownership, divorce, inheritance rights, and more―don't apply to unmarried couples. To define and protect your relationship―and your assets―you need to take specific legal steps and use the right documents.
Whether you're just starting out or are one of the growing number of older couples who choose to live together, this revised edition has the information you need. It covers all the big issues facing unmarried couples living together,
Money and Property
Clarify how you'll share money and other assets.
Estate Planning
Leave your assets to whomever you wish, including children form a prior marriage.
Breaking Up
Divide property and share child custody fairly.
Children
Protect your kids by confirming that you are their legal parents.
The House
If you buy a house together, spell out ownership shares in writing.
Medical Decisions
Make important medical decisions for each other if necessary.
Laws that protect married couples―on property ownership, divorce, inheritance rights, and more―don't apply to unmarried couples. To define and protect your relationship―and your assets―you need to take specific legal steps and use the right documents.
Whether you're just starting out or are one of the growing number of older couples who choose to live together, this revised edition has the information you need. It covers all the big issues facing unmarried couples living together,
Money and Property
Clarify how you'll share money and other assets.
Estate Planning
Leave your assets to whomever you wish, including children form a prior marriage.
Breaking Up
Divide property and share child custody fairly.
Children
Protect your kids by confirming that you are their legal parents.
The House
If you buy a house together, spell out ownership shares in writing.
Medical Decisions
Make important medical decisions for each other if necessary.
- GenresNonfiction
362 pages, Paperback
First published February 15, 2008
21 people are currently reading
45 people want to read
About the author
Frederick Hertz
16 booksLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews
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
Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 reviews