Category: Legal Stuff
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Educating Polyamory Friendly Professionals
Minor edits and updates. In the years since I first wrote this my family spent some time living in Tennessee. Still not problems from doctors and such about being polyamorous. Though it helped that we could pass as monogamous as the time. Polyamory is well known these days, so you are more likely to find…
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Polygamy and Marriage
Minor edits here, no major changes. Today, the ideas Susan laid out are fairly well known in the polyam community, but as far as I know she was one of the first to address the question. Revised Dec 9, 2016.- This is not my usual post, but my twitter feed led me the blog “The…
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Polyamory and Power of Attorney
This US-centric post contains information that may or may not apply in other countries. I am not a lawyer, this post is for information purposes only. Not much changed here, but I fixed a few broken links and checked that Rocket Lawyer is still up and running. They are, and it looks like you can do most Power of…
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It’s Time to Stop Police Violence: Campaign Zero
Okay, I don’t usually talk about political stuff or current events on this website. That’s not what this website is for. But police violence is a huge deal that affects a lot of people who are members of the poly community. And even if black men and trans folks and mentally ill people weren’t part…
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Polyamory and Child Custody (Guest Post by Gracie X)
Six years ago when my husband and new boyfriend all decided to cohabitate under the same roof– I felt pretty smug. I had created a situation where I got to have my husband of 20 years and a new lover as well. We converted our single-family home into a duplex. My husband and his new…
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Legal Options for Multi-Parent Polyamorous Families
(This blog post is based on my knowledge and experience in the US. My research suggests that the same general options apply in many parts of Europe and the Anglosphere. If you have knowledge of other countries, please share in the comments!) Our social and legal systems are set up on the assumption that a…
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Resources for Custody Cases Involving Polyamory
I don’t have nearly as much to offer here as I’d like. Unfortunately, resources for polyamory, and non-monogamy in general, are still slim on the ground. If you know of any additional resources, please include them in the comments. Dr. Eli Sheff Dr. Sheff is an educational consultant on sexual and relationship minorites. However she is…
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Child Custody Cases: How to Protect Yourself
This month we are examining the impact of polyamory on child custody cases. Last week we reviewed who is at risk. This week, we are looking at ways you can protect yourself before and during a custody case. Before a custody case If the most important thing you can do, before any custody case starts,…
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Child Custody and Polyamory: Who is at Risk
Losing custody of their children is many parent’s nightmare. And I don’t mean losing custody as in “joint custody where you get your child every other weekend.” Granted, joint custody is rough on everyone, and there are very few parents who would happily opt out of over 50% of their kids’ lives. But at the…
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Polyamory and Children: Child Custody Review
In the last three months, I have learned of four custody cases in which polyamory is being used as a reason for taking children away from their parents. That’s more than I’ve heard of in the last three years. So before we get into more generic stuff about raising children in a poly family, we’re…