EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LAW FROM AMERICA’S LEADING LEGAL AUTHORITY Practicing lawyers know the kinds of legal issues and problems people have. With their help, we’ve fashioned a book that answers the questions you’re apt to have, in language you can understand. —from the introduction by Alan S. Kopit, legal commentator and Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Public Education The law affects almost everything you do–including getting married, buying a home, driving a car, going to the doctor, signing a contract, making online purchases, and writing a will. With answers to thousands of key questions, the American Bar Association Family Legal Guide, 3rd edition, is the most comprehensive reference available on how the law affects your life. CLEAR, CURRENT, AND COMPREHENSIVE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK LAWYERS IN EVERY AREA OF LAW [bulleted list] • Divorce, Child Custody/Support • Automobiles • Computers • Real Estate • Credit and Bankruptcy • Rights of Older Americans • Contracts and Consumer Law • Estate Planning • Workplace Law • Health Care • Small Business • Personal Injury • Criminal Justice • Home Ownership This essential legal resource will help you understand your rights and responsibilities, potentially reduce legal expenses, and avoid legal pitfalls.

American Bar Association Family Legal Guide (third edition): Everything your family needs to know about the law and real estate, consumer protection, ... home ownership, wills & estates, and more

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From the nation's most authoritative legal organization, American Bar Association guides are invaluable resources for the lay person. Thoroughly researched, updated, and reviewed by association members, each book features tips, checklists, and key information, presented in well-organized sections. The definitive resource for family-related legal issues. Now thoroughly revised and updated, this guide contains everything heads of households, parents, and divorcees should know about the law and their rights. • Topics include marriage, divorce and separation, adoption, child support, dependent care, bankruptcy, and retirement and estate planning • Also includes information for unmarried couples, unconventional families, and gay and lesbian couples

American Bar Association Guide to Marriage, Divorce & Families: Everything You Need to Know about the Law and Marriage, Domestic Partnerships, and Child Custody & Support

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Revised to incorporate the latest changes in government regulations, a thorough but concise guide to legal issues of concern to senior citizens and their children covers such issues as health insurance, Medicare, Social Security, government benefits, workplace discrimination, retirement communities, and living wills. Original. 15,000 first printing.

American Bar Association Legal Guide for Americans Over 50: Everything about the Law and Medicare and Medicaid, Retirement Rights, and Long-Term Choices for Yourself and Your Parents

Regardless of your occupation or title, or whether you an employee or small business owner, it’s essential to know your rights. From the nation's leading legal authority, this completely revised and updated edition of The American Bar Association Guide to Workplace Law provides helpful insight and information for employers and employees alike. • Topics include hiring, firing, retirement, sexual harassment, maternity leave, workplace safety, and more—all explained in clear, non-technical language • Thoroughly researched and updated by members of the American Bar Association, the nation’s most authoritative legal organization • Features sidebars containing tips, advice, and key information

American Bar Association Guide to Workplace Law, 2nd Edition: Everything Every Employer and Employee Needs to Know About the Law & Hiring, Firing, ... Maternity Leave, & Other Workplace Issues

Whether you’re fighting with a neighbor about who should pay for a fence, pursuing a charge of discrimination at work, or chasing a $5000 loan, the ABA Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes: Inside and Outside the Courtroom can help you decide what steps to take to resolve disputes. This book, written in easy-to-read language with dozens of real-life examples, includes tips on how to be a better negotiator. It also provides important information about mediation, arbitration, small claims court, and civil court procedures, and includes a chapter on working with a lawyer, with tips on how you can save time and money.

American Bar Association Guide to Resolving Legal Disputes: Inside and Outside the Courtroom

The American Bar Association Guide to Wills &amp; Estates, Third Edition, contains everything you need to know about planning an estate, preparing a will or trust, and minimizing inheritance taxes. It is organized in easy-to-follow chapters with sidebars containing tips, checklists, and key information. The ABA Guide to Wills &amp; Estates will help you: • Determine what to put in an estate plan • Decide whether to prepare a will, trust, or living trust • Avoid or reduce estate taxes • Change plans if the law or your circumstances change • Transfer property without a will with substitutes such as life insurance and joint tenancy • Understand the benefits of living gifts and life insurance • Choose an executor and trustee • Guard against a will being contested

American Bar Association Guide to Wills and Estates, Third Edition: Everything You Need to Know About Wills, Estates, Trusts, and Taxes (American Bar Association Guide to Wills & Estates)

From the experts at the American Bar Association, a comprehensive guide for how to handle credit &amp; bankruptcy issues The ABA Guide to Credit &amp; Bankruptcy offers information during these challenging financial times on how to apply for, build, and protect your credit and to make the right choices when it comes to debt management and bankruptcy.This updated edition includesrecent changes in bankruptcy laws as well as information on how to handle credit card rates, home equity loans and more.

American Bar Association Guide to Credit and Bankruptcy, Second Edition: Everything You Need to Know About Credit Repair, Staying or Getting Out of Debt, and Personal Bankruptcy

An essential resource for everyone with aging parents from the experts at the ABA Caring for aging parents is a complex and emotional subject, and people seek expert advice on the practical legal matters involved. In this timely new book, the professionals at the ABA provide comprehensive, clear and practical guidance on how to plan for and secure our parents’ financial and emotional well-being. The guide covers topics like housing, healthcare, the emotional impact of caring for aging parents, power of attorney, income, and much more. The American Bar Association is the nation’s leading legal authority and the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world. With more than 400,000 members, the ABA provides law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.

You and Your Aging Parents: The American Bar Association Guide to Legal, Financial, and Health Care Issues

A must-have for every household The American Bar Association Complete Home Legal Guide is the go-to legal reference for every home. This completely revised and updated edition now includes easy-to-digest, comprehensive legal information every household needs. In addition to tips on real estate, healthcare, home ownership, retirement and much more, there are new useful charts and graphs, insightful personal stories, and a new chapter on the growing specialty of ‘disabled’ or ‘special needs’ law that will be helpful to an even larger audience.

American Bar Association Complete Personal Legal Guide: The Essential Reference for Every Household (American Bar Association Personal Legal Guide)

A comprehensive updated edition includes an appendix of resources and covers everything from an initial idea, to deciding what form a firm should take, to financing, hiring, working with customers, dealing with liabilities, intellectual property, taxes, selling a business and much more. Original.

American Bar Association Legal Guide for Small Business, Second Edition: Everything You Need to Know About Small Business, from Start-Up to Employment La ws to Financing and Selling

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