AUDIENCE FOR BOOK: * The 7.5 million unmarried couples living together, especially those who own property together and/or have children together (40% of unmarried couples have kids). * Primarily focused on heterosexual couples (Nolo's Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples covers the same topics for same-sex couples).* The growing number of elderly unmarried couples who are concerned about Social Security, estate planning, and inheritance issues.* Couples who want to protect each other from discriminatory laws through planning and writing legal contracts.REASONS TO BUY THIS NEW EDITION: * There is no other book available that covers such a wide range of legal and practical topics affecting unmarried couples--from custody and paternity to home ownership to estate planning to property settlement after a break up. * No other book includes dozens of simple legal documents that unmarried couples can use to spell out their individual legal and financial arrangements--such as living together contracts that cover how a couple is sharing (or not) money, assets, and property such as a house.* The audience is huge and increasing, particularly as more couples move in together for economic reasons.

* The book is completely updated for 2017, with the latest laws affecting unmarried people in a wide variety of areas--including domestic partnership and civil union programs, family law, debt and credit, real estate, taxes, medical care, insurance, estate planning, and more. All forms are also updated.