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The complete guide to changing your name in California! Divorce, complicated spelling, tricky pronunciation, personal preference -- there are lots of reasons to change a name. And though the rules have changed recently, it''s still a relatively straightforward procedure in the Golden State. How to Change Your Name in California provides the step-by-step instructions and legal forms you need to: - choose a name and make it your own - change back to your former name after divorce - change your child''s name - get a new or amended birth certificate for you or your child - get a new driver license, Social Security card and passport - get a court to recognize a change of gender This edition reflects the latest rules and regulations on changing your name, a new section on changing your name after a same-sex marriage, including discussion of potential conflicts between state and federal law that can affect how the name change process turns out. Plus, it''s been updated to reflect a recent law that allows either spouse to change their name after marriage.

Is the noise from next door keeping you up at night? Is the view from your backyard being obstructed? Is a neighborhood business driving you crazy? Learn your rights and responsibilities with Neighbor Law, Nolo''s clear-cut, comprehensive guide to the laws concerning common neighbor disputes. This popular bestseller covers: fences trees animal issues boundaries blocked views noise water issues neighborhood businesses dangers to children ("attractive nuisances") secondhand smoke and other pollutants, and drones. In plain English, Neighbor Law explains how to find applicable laws and resolve disputes without going to court. It tells you when the law is on your side and how to deal with your neighbors without creating enemies. If you must go to small claims court, you will also find all the facts you need here.

When you’re getting divorced, you can make a tough time easier for your children (and yourself) if you and the other parent can create your own custody plan and agree on child support. If you can’t work out custody and support, you’ll have to head to court and ask a judge to step inEither way, Nolo’s Essential Guide to Child Custody & Support can help. You’ll learn: how negotiation and mediation can keep costs down, ease the transition for kids, and improve future dealings with your ex where to find your state’s child support guidelines how judges make custody decisions how to enforce and change custody and support orders how court trials work what military families need to know when you need a lawyer and how to work with oneYou’ll also find specifics about each state’s laws, including what factors courts consider when they rule on custody arrangements, what happens when one parent wants to move away with the children, and how you can change custody or support orders.

Although same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, there is no federal recognition for domestic partners or civil union registrants, and many couples have messy and unresolved agreements and/or registrations that need to be cleaned up. Couples also need to consider whether they want to extend marital rights (and duties) retroactive to when they first starting living together as a couple, and those with children may need to resolve issues of legal parentage. All of these issues will be addressed in the new edition of Making It Legal, which provides a brief history of the same-sex marriage movement, an overview of emerging trends, and a discussion of the factors involved in the personal decision to marry, including:whether a pre-nup agreement is advisable what it involveswhether you will be responsible for your partner''s debts if you''re marriedhow to evaluate the effect of taxes on shared liveswhen to turn to professionals for help during disagreements when a will or living trust might be needed, and more!

Nolo''s Essential Guide to Divorce provides clear answers that can help make divorce simpler and reduce its financial and emotional cost. Readers will even learn how to complete the divorce with minimal help from an attorney.With compassion and understanding, Nolo''s Essential Guide to Divorce explains what to expect through each stage of divorce. It helps readers: understand the divorce processlearn about different types of divorce, including mediated, collaborative, and contestedidentify and divide property and assets fairlywork with mediators or lawyersavoid expensive and painful court battlesestablish child custody and visitation arrangements handle child support issues, including how support is paid and enforceddraft a marital settlement agreementdeal with divorce emergenciesaddress post-divorce issues, andnegotiate and settle spousal support.

Protect yourself and your loved one with sound legal planningLaws affecting LGBT couples have changed dramatically in the last decade--today, same-sex couples can get married in any state in the U.S.. However, for those couples who choose not to get married, it''s essential to take the proper legal steps to define and protect your relationship in the eyes of the law. If you don''t, you run the risk of being shut out of each other''s lives--and the lives of the children you co-parent--in times of medical, financial or personal crisis.Fortunately, this practical guide is updated with the latest legal information to help you and your same-sex partner protect and exercise your rights and make sound decisions as a couple.A Legal Guide for Lesbian & Gay Couples covers: making practical decisions about living together planning for medical emergencies--making medical decisions for one another and taking care of each other''s finances when one partner is incapacitated domestic partner benefits and how to obtain them buying property togetherproviding for each other upon death, and practical and legal aspects of having and raising children.