Description
Book SynopsisHelps you find out how to protect your family, your money, your job, and your rights. This friendly guide also helps you discover how to: protect your child support rights; arm yourself against identity theft; clean up your credit and improve your credit score; hire the right attorney for your needs; and, draw up wills and living wills.
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1
Part I: Basic Legal Stuff 7
Chapter 1: All About Our Legal System 9
Chapter 2: Do It Yourself: Solving Your Own Legal Problems 25
Chapter 3: Solving Legal Problems with an Attorney 35
Part II: Laws That Affect Your Daily Life 47
Chapter 4: Relationships, Marriage, and Divorce 49
Chapter 5: Parenting and Child Care 73
Chapter 6: The Law and Your Job 87
Chapter 7: Driving and the Law 109
Chapter 8: Privacy: Do You Really Have Any? 117
Part III: The Law and Your Money 145
Chapter 9: So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur! 147
Chapter 10: Credit: Getting It, Using It, Losing It, Rebuilding It 167
Chapter 11: Smart Spending 189
Chapter 12: Buying and Selling a Home 201
Part IV: Tough Stuff: Being Sick, Getting Older, Dying 219
Chapter 13: Your Health Care Rights 221
Chapter 14: Getting Older: We All Do It 241
Chapter 15: Estate Planning 273
Chapter 16: Death and Dying: Doing It Gracefully 291
Part V: Crime and Punishment 305
Chapter 17: Do the Crime, Do the Time 307
Chapter 18: Juvenile Law: The Times Are Changing 329
Part VI: The Part of Tens 337
Chapter 19: More Than Ten Ways to Avoid Legal Problems 339
Chapter 20: Ten Common Mistakes Consumers Make When Hiring an Attorney 345
Index 351
