Johnette Duff is the author of "The Spousal Equivalent Handbook: a legal and financial guide to living together," "The Marriage Handbook: a legal and financial guide to your spousal rights," and "Love After 50: the complete legal and financial guide."
She has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CBS This Morning and been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Self, Smart Money, New Woman and Modern Maturity. She has been a guest on hundreds of radio talk shows and numerous regional television shows promoting information on love and the law. In these confusing economic times, knowing how the law impacts your most intimate relationship is more critical than ever.
Whether you're married, living with someone, or contemplating either (and whether or not you're gay or straight), the information in these pages will help protect your assets and your relationship from laws you probably know nothing about. Yes, we know it's not romantic, but neither is paying the rent or keeping the lights turned on.