Reliable legal forms for common personal and family transactions At one time or another, we all need to get an agreement in writing. But where to start? Law Forms for Personal Use makes it easy to create legal agreements and organize essential information. The plain-English instructions will help you: Plan your estate: Make a simple will and use worksheets to track beneficiaries and assets. Delegate authority: Create temporary guardianship of a child, pet care agreements, limited powers of attorney, and other essential documents. Rent out a place to live: Use the rental application, move-in letter, landlord-tenant checklist, maintenance/repair request, and other forms. Buy a house: Run the numbers with a financial statement, and then use the house comparison worksheet, moving checklist, and other forms. Borrow or lend money: Prepare a solid legal contract (promissory note). Included are five forms―one for every common borrowing/lending situation. Sell personal property: All the agreements you need to sell a motor vehicle, boat, or other valuable property. Law Forms for Personal Use can also help you: settle legal disputes handle personal finances hire household help deal with spammers and telemarketers and much more. The book includes downloadable forms, letting you save and customize all of the agreements, checklists, and other forms in the book (details inside).

A straight-shooting guide to handling bill splitting, security deposits, roommate troubles, bad landlords and more.

The legal forms and state rules every landlord and property manager needs To keep up with the law and make money as a residential landlord, you need a guide you can trust: Every Landlord's Legal Guide. From move-in to move-out, here's help with legal, financial, and day-to-day issues. You'll avoid hassles and headaches―not to mention legal fees and lawsuits. Use this top-selling book to: screen and choose tenants prepare leases and rental agreements avoid discrimination, invasion of privacy, personal injury, and other lawsuits hire a property manager keep up with repairs and maintenance make security deposit deductions handle broken leases learn how to terminate a tenancy for nonpayment of rent or other lease violations restrict tenants from renting their place on Airbnb, and deal with bedbugs, mold, and lead hazards. The 16th edition is completely revised to provide your state's current laws, covering deposits, rent, entry, termination, late rent notices, and more. Comes With Access to Free Downloadable Forms: includes access to more than 30 essential legal forms including a lease and rental agreement, rental application, notice of entry, tenant repair request, security deposit itemization, property manager agreement, and more. IMPORTANT NOTE: You DO NOT have to pay more to use the downloadable forms--please see Appendix B in the book for the link to and instructions for using the downloadable forms that come with the book.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the law, but couldn't afford to ask The law affects practically every aspect of our lives, and legal questions come up daily. When they do, turn to Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, a handy, information-packed desk reference. Written by Nolo's expert team of attorneys, this book answers more than 1,000 of the most frequently asked questions about everyday legal issues, including: Credit & debt Workplace rights Wills & trusts Buying a house Divorce Small claims court Domestic violence Adoption Traffic accidents Inventions Privacy rights Child custody & support Elder care Bankruptcy Noisy neighbors Home businesses Name changes Searches & seizures Tenant rights Criminal law The 11th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest laws, government agency contacts, and resources. There's also a helpful glossary of legal terms and an appendix on how to do your own legal research.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the law, but couldn't afford to ask The law affects practically every aspect of our lives, and legal questions come up daily. When they do, turn to Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, a handy, information-packed desk reference. Written by Nolo's expert team of attorneys, this book answers more than 1,000 of the most frequently asked questions about everyday legal issues, including: Credit & debt Workplace rights Wills & trusts Buying a house Divorce Small claims court Domestic violence Adoption Traffic accidents Inventions Privacy rights Child custody & support Elder care Bankruptcy Noisy neighbors Home businesses Name changes Searches & seizures Tenant rights Criminal law The 11th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest laws, government agency contacts, and resources. There's also a helpful glossary of legal terms and an appendix on how to do your own legal research.

When domestic abuse and children are involved, divorce and custody can be the epitome of high-stakes conflict and frustration and all too frequently protective parents lose custody of their child to a named abuser. Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation helps mental healthprofessionals, attorneys, and lay readers navigate the judicial process so that decisions are truly made in the best interest of children. The text reveals how all the puzzle pieces of the judicial process fit together - judges, attorneys, mental health experts, children, spouses - and how toovercome many of the obstacles they will confront along the way. This runs the gamut, from the selelection of a lawyer and experts, to setting necessary groundwork for an appeal. Domestic Abuse, Child Custody, and Visitation is an essential read for mental health professionals and lay peopleinvolved in divorce and custody, family court judges, family law attorneys, and mental health professionals involved in domestic abuse and custody matters.

Under the laws of this country, both parents have joint custody of their children unless a court orders otherwise. Whether you are divorcing or separating from the mother of your children, you need to know your rights as a parent-or face losing them. Fathers' Rights takes a constructive and easy-to-understand approach to working within the legal system. This book walks you through the stages of litigation, from filing your pleadings, to presenting your case, to the judge's decision. In addition, it explains laws regarding child support enforcement, parental kidnapping, and other regulations designed to protect your children. Fathers' Rights answers many of the emotionally charged questions you may be asking yourself right now. Questions like: - What can I do if my wife has falsely claimed that I abuse my children? - Can I still see my children if my wife tells me to move out? - Do I still owe child support if I am not the biological father? - Will I only be allowed to see my children on weekends? Fathers' Rights is your guide to maintaining an important role in the lives of your children without putting them in the middle of a courtroom battle.

Updated and revised with seven new chapters, a new introduction, and a new resources section, this landmark book is invaluable for women facing a custody battle. It was the first to break the myth that mothers receive preferential treatment over fathers in custody disputes. Although mothers generally retain custody when fathers choose not to fight for it, fathers who seek custody often win--not because the mother is unfit or the father has been the primary caregiver but because, as Phyllis Chesler argues, women are held to a much higher standard of parenting. Incorporating findings from years of research, hundreds of interviews, and international surveys about child-custody arrangements, Chesler argues for new guidelines to resolve custody disputes and to prevent the continued oppression of mothers in custody situations. This book provides a philosophical and psychological perspective as well as practical advice from one of the country's leading matrimonial lawyers. Both an indictment of a discriminatory system and a call to action over motherhood under siege, Mothers on Trial is essential reading for anyone concerned either personally or professionally with custody rights and the well-being of the children involved.

Everything you ever wanted to know about the law, but couldn't afford to ask The law affects practically every aspect of our lives, and legal questions come up daily. When they do, turn to Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, a handy, information-packed desk reference. Written by Nolo's expert team of attorneys, this book answers more than 1,000 of the most frequently asked questions about everyday legal issues, including: Credit & debt Workplace rights Wills & trusts Buying a house Divorce Small claims court Domestic violence Adoption Traffic accidents Inventions Privacy rights Child custody & support Elder care Bankruptcy Noisy neighbors Home businesses Name changes Searches & seizures Tenant rights Criminal law The 11th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest laws, government agency contacts, and resources. There's also a helpful glossary of legal terms and an appendix on how to do your own legal research.

Your elderly father's memory is failing fast. Your increasingly frail mother just took another fall. Whatever the situation, The Eldercare Consultant can provide the knowledge, support, and encouragement you seek. Weaving together real-life stories with the essential information needed to make the best decisions, this compassionate and practical guide helps you: Spot warning signs of physical and mental decline * Recognize when a loved one needs assistance * Determine the level of care needed * Evaluate the options-family caregiver, home health care, palliative care, senior housing, assisted living facilities-and select the right one * Discuss the issue with your loved one * Understand and manage the costs of care * Make the adjustment as smooth as possible * Avoid caregiver burnout * And more Author and eldercare expert Becky Feola knows first-hand that caring for someone who is no longer in complete control is hard...and the decision to seek outside help is one fraught with emotion. Her book helps cut the confusion, and turn an undeniably difficult transition into a journey of hope and love.

This book helps mental health clinicians anticipate, recognize, and respond to elder abuse. As the baby boom generation reaches retirement age, mental health clinicians will increasingly be working with older adults, some of whom will have experienced abuse or are at risk of experiencing abuse. This book will help clinicians recognize and respond appropriately should they encounter such clients in their practice.   This concise, reader‑friendly book quickly familiarizes readers with essential aspects of the field of elder abuse, including risk and protective factors, the important roles played by of cognition and capacity, clinicians' legal and ethical obligations to report suspected or known elder abuse, and the purpose and function of adult protective services. Readers will learn strategies to communicate effectively with older adults, screen for cognitive deficits, detect possible abuse, and work in tandem with adult protective services. Current and emerging interventions targeting older adults and their caregivers are also reviewed, along with a brief summary of needed research. Clinicians looking to begin or enhance their practice with older adults will find Understanding Elder Abuse an invaluable resource.

The only text about elder abuse specifically for nurses in clinical settings. Nurses are required by law to report elder abuse even when it is suspected but not verified. This is the only research-based and clinically oriented text that applies what is known about different forms of elder abuse in domestic and long-term care settings to the everyday experiences of practicing nurses. Content addresses not only legal and ethical concerns, but also serves as an essential guide to caring for older adults, delineating the role of nurses in detecting, suspecting, reporting, assessing, providing interventions for, and preventing elder abuse in all clinical settings. Detailed and unfolding case studies throughout the text illustrate nurses in action as they address elder abuse in commonly encountered nurse client or nurse patient situations. Chapters show nurses in various health care settings how to address elder abuse issues relating to older adults, caregivers, and perpetrators. Each section provides nurses with crucial information about how to access essential resources for addressing specific aspects of elder abuse, including self-neglect, domestic abuse, abuse in long-term care settings, financial abuse, and sexual abuse. In-depth guides help nurses apply their usual nursing assessment and intervention skills to unusual situations when caring for older adults who are in actual or potentially abusive situations. In an easy-to-use and clinically applicable format, concise tools and guides throughout the book highlight core facets of elder abuse and the role of nurses. Each chapter concludes with Key Points: What Nurses Need to Know and Can Do highlighting the content that is most applicable to nursing care of older adults. KEY FEATURES: Presents essential facts about different forms of elder abuse and applies the information to nursing care of older adults in various clinical settingsDescribes key criteria for nurses to use for recognizing, assessing, providing interventions for, and reporting elder abuseAddresses legal, ethical, cultural, and interprofessional care considerationsProvides numerous guides to nursing assessment and interventions that address elder abuseCase examples illustrate nurses in action addressing many types of elder abuse situationsIncludes the words of older adults describing their experiences and perceptions of elder abuseIncludes the words and thoughts of nurses describing their reflections on and perceptions of elder abuse situationsEach chapter concludes with Key Points: What Nurses Need to Know and Can Do

Everything you ever wanted to know about the law, but couldn't afford to ask The law affects practically every aspect of our lives, and legal questions come up daily. When they do, turn to Nolo's Encyclopedia of Everyday Law, a handy, information-packed desk reference. Written by Nolo's expert team of attorneys, this book answers more than 1,000 of the most frequently asked questions about everyday legal issues, including: Credit & debt Workplace rights Wills & trusts Buying a house Divorce Small claims court Domestic violence Adoption Traffic accidents Inventions Privacy rights Child custody & support Elder care Bankruptcy Noisy neighbors Home businesses Name changes Searches & seizures Tenant rights Criminal law The 11th edition is completely updated to reflect the latest laws, government agency contacts, and resources. There's also a helpful glossary of legal terms and an appendix on how to do your own legal research.