Women's Legal Guide

by Hauser, Barbara R.; Tigges, Julie A.

• ISBN13: 9781555919139
• ISBN10: 1555919138
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-03-01
• Publisher: Fulcrum Pub

Summary

Twenty-nine female lawyers from across America have contributed chapters on issues such as health care, marriage and divorce, living together, adoption, the rights of lesbians, estate planning, and sexual discrimination or harassment. In straightforward language, Women's Legal Guide provides up-to-date information and navigates readers through complex legal processes with sample forms, lists, and letters. There is also a chapter to help readers decide when and if a lawyer is needed. With the most current information available, Women's Legal Guide demystifies today's complex legal processes and makes critical legal knowledge accessible. Women in all stages of life will find this an indispensable resource for understanding their unique legal concerns.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Roberta Cooper Ramo
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Selecting a Lawyer	1	(33)
Andrea Williams
Health: Patients Rights and Policing the Quality of Health Care	34	(31)
Linda W. Rohman
Penny L. Huber
Reproduction and the Law	65	(20)
Linda W. Rohman
Penny L. Huber
Sexual Assault	85	(14)
Kathryn Quaintance
Spousal and Family Violence	99	(36)
Pamela Jo Lewis
Children's Rights
Sexual Abuse
Connie Bauman
Families in Juvenile Court	114	(21)
I. Fay Nosow
Premarital Agreements and Cohabitation Arrangements	135	(6)
Jacqueline Miller
Divorce	141	(21)
Jacqueline Miller
Placing Your Child for Adoption	162	(10)
Carole J. Anderson
Adopting a Child	172	(19)
Amy M. Silberberg
St. Paul
Child Care Planning for Seriously Ill Mothers	191	(12)
Gina M. Calabrese
Los Angeles
Sports	203	(38)
Kathryn M. Reith
Sexual Discrimination
In the Workplace
Susan L. Segal
In the Schools	215	(26)
Legal Rights of Lesbian Women	241	(18)
Marcia Kuntz
Disabilities	259	(17)
Wendy Wilkinson
Laura Smith
The Woman as Employer (Or How to Hire a Nanny)	276	(21)
Sharon L. Reich
Starting a Business	297	(14)
Kathleen S. tillotson
Intellectual Property Law	311	(23)
Louise Nemschoff
Real Estate	334	(15)
Laura J. Schoenbauer
Bankruptcy	349	(20)
Marcia S. Krieger
Consumer Rights and Insurance	369	(31)
Julie A. Tigges
Retirement Planning	400	(23)
Anne E. Moss
Estate Planning	423	(38)
Amy Morris Hess
The Legal Aspects of a Death	461	(26)
Constance Hauver
Legal Issues for Refugee Women	487	(14)
Karen Musalo
Postscript
The World, Women, and Law	495	(6)
Marsha Freeman
Glossary	501	(6)
General Resources	507	(2)
Index	509