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ABA Law Info: Your Family

Your Family

   
 

A source of great joy—marriage, child birth, adoption—or stress—domestic violence, divorce, caring for an aging parent. Here's up-to-date information on how the law addresses the issues that may arise in your family.

What You Need to Know | Resources: Where To Get More Information and Help | Estate Planning/End of Life | Children | Women | The Elderly | Family Health | Divorce
Domestic Violence | General

Estate Planning/End of Life Issues/Living Wills

What You Need to Know


Resources: Where To Get More Information and Help

    · Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning - contains a variety of self-help worksheets, suggestions, and resources to help discover, clarify and communicate what is important to you in the face of serious illness.
    www.abanet.org/aging/toolkit/home.html

    · Shape Your Health Care Future with Health Care Advance Directives - booklet designed to help you learn more about health care advance directives; general form and instructions are included. The booklet is available in Word doc and pdf.
    · Health Care Law and You - Easy to understand basics regarding advanced directives, managed care, and the law for older Americans in straight forward questions and answers.

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Children
· 10 Tips for Parents to Protect Kids from Online Predators
www.abanet.org/crimjust/committees/onlinepredator.pdf
     Radio News Releases
     · Tips for Parents to Protect Kids from Online Predators
        www.abavideonews.org/audiovideo.php?id=187
     Radio News Releases
      · Los diez consejos más importantes para que los padres de familia         protejan a sus hijos de los depredadores en Internet
        www.abavideonews.org/audiovideo.php?id=198
· Los diez consejos más importantes para que los padres de familia protejan a sus hijos de los depredadores en Internet
www.abanet.org/crimjust/pubs/toptentipsinspanish.pdf
· Child Custody and Support
www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/child.html

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Women
· Ten Steps to Protecting the Legal Rights of Breast Cancer Patients www.abanet.org/women/tensteps.html

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The Elderly
· Planning Your Estate - answers to the most common questions about the estate planning process, probate and administration of estates, tax planning, and disability planning. www.abanet.org/rppt/public/home.html
· Hospital Bed Safety in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Home Health Care:
The Facts
www.abanet.org/tips/publicservice/bedrail.pdf

· The Rights of Older Americans www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family_legal_guide
/chapter_15.pdf

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Family Health
· Hospital Bed Safety in Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Home Health Care:
The Facts
www.abanet.org/tips/publicservice/bedrail.pdf
· Ten Steps to Protecting the Legal Rights of Breast Cancer Patients www.abanet.org/women/tensteps.html
· Managed care
www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/health/

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Divorce
www.abanet.org/family/faq.html
· Handbooks on Divorce - descriptions of handbooks on divorce-related topics, available for purchase.
www.abanet.org/family/advocate/client.html

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Domestic Violence
· Domestic Violence Safety Plan: Safety Tips for You and Your Family
English - www.abanet.org/tips/publicservice/safetipseng.html
Espanol - www.abanet.org/tips/publicservice/safetipsesp.html
· Five Ways to Fight Domestic Violence
www.abanet.org/domviol/fiveways.html
· How an Abuser Can Discover Your Internet Activities www.abanet.org/domviol/internet.html

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General Information
· ABA Guide to Family Law - a comprehensive overview of rights and responsibilities of people who are married, divorced, or living together. Available free online or for purchase.
www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family
/home.html

· Family Law - an introduction. www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family_legal_guide
/chapter_3.pdf

· The ABA Family Legal Guide - a comprehensive source of information for your family, available free online or for purchase. www.abanet.org/publiced/practical/books/family_legal_guide
/home.html

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