Gay Friendly Law

Know your rights before you enter into a partnership and your rights if you are discriminated against for your sexual orientation.

• Are you and your partner thinking about living together?
• Are you and your partner thinking about purchasing property together?
• Are you and your partner thinking of separating?
• Have you or your partner been discriminated against in housing or at work?

Consult Lynn Andretta if you or your partner have answered yes to any of the above questions!

Then you may need:

Partnership Agreements to spell out financial and other responsibilities within the relationship, including reference to any children involved. Individual or reciprocal wills, living wills with durable powers of attorney and/or simple powers of attorney.

• DC Domestic Partnership Registration - Property settlement agreements covering real and/or personal property.


• Separation agreements, including child custody.


• If discrimination is involved, you may have redress through Mediation with your employer or landlord or through the DC Human Rights Commission.

Read about Gay Friendly legal options & laws for Washington DC

Recently in the Washington Blade, September 2006 Issue, Joshua Lynsen wrote a feature article on gay breakups. The article is about how planning can prevent financial stress and property division disputes. He quotes Lynn Andretta on the power of binding contracts in the district. Read More About This > Feature Article

Mediated Divorce for Gay Couples: Results in a series of binding contracts between the parties which could be enforced in Court under contract law, if necessary.

Divorce mediation normally provides separation agreements, including provisions for alimony, insurance, child custody, etc. and property settlement agreements for any real estate acquired in the relationship.

Review and/or rewrite of wills, living wills, POA's generally is also advisable.

Relevant Credentials: ParentsFLAG, charter membership; PEN/dc, honorary gay member; Whitman-Walker, pro bono volunteer attorney.

Relevant Links:

• Become the Star of Your Life with Barb Elgin, Coach Sappho, click here.
• Chuck Riley Group, Inc, Metro DC Move
• Diversity Builder - Gay Friendly Referral Network
  

Contact Lynn Andretta to discuss your legal options and find solutions for any gay law and legal situations in Washington DC area.

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