Houses. Buying a house -- Selling your house -- Deeds -- Neighbors. Boundaries -- Fences -- Trees -- Views -- Noise -- Landlords and tenants. Leases and rental agreements -- Tenant selection -- Housing discrimination -- Rent and security deposits -- Tenants' privacy rights -- Cable access and satellite dishes -- Repairs and maintenance -- Landlord liability for criminal acts and activities -- Landlord liability for lead poisoning -- Landlord's liability for exposure to asbestos and mold -- Insurance -- Resolving disputes -- Workplace rights. Fair pay and time off -- Workplace health and safety -- Workers' compensation -- Age discrimination -- Sexual harassment -- Disability discrimination -- Losing your job -- Small businesses. Before you start -- Legal structures for small businesses -- Nonprofit corporations -- Small business taxes -- Home-based businesses -- Employers' right & responsibilities -- Patents. Qualifying for a patent -- Obtaining a patent -- Enforcing a patent -- Putting a patent to work -- How patents differ from copyrights and trademarks -- Copyrights. Copyright basics -- Copyright ownership -- Copyright protection -- Copyright registration and enforcement -- Trademarks. Types of trademarks -- Trademark protection -- Using and enforcing a trademark -- Conducting a trademark search -- Registering a trademark -- How trademarks differ from patents and copyrights -- Your money. Purchasing goods and services -- Using credit and charge cards -- Using an ATM or debit card -- Strategies for repaying debts -- Dealing with the IRS -- Debt collections -- Bankruptcy -- Rebuilding credits -- Cars and driving. Buying a new car -- Leasing a car -- Buying a used car -- Financing a vehicle purchase -- Insuring your car -- Your driver's license -- If you're stopped by the police -- Drunk driving -- Traffic accidents -- Wills and estate planning. Wills -- Probate -- Executors -- Avoiding probate -- Living trusts -- Estate and gift taxes -- Funeral planning and other final arrangements -- Body and organ donations -- Healthcare directives and powers of attorney. Healthcare directives -- Durable powers of attorney for finances -- Conservatorships -- Older Americans. Social Security -- Medicare -- Retirement plans -- Spouses and partners. Living together : gay & straight -- Premarital agreements -- Marriage -- Divorce -- Domestic violence -- Changing your name -- Parents and children. Adopting a child -- Stepparent adoptions -- Adoption rights : brith parents, grandparents and children -- Child custody and visitation -- Child support -- Guardianship of children -- Courts and mediation. Representing yourself in court -- Small claims court -- Mediation -- Finding and working with a lawyer -- Criminal law and procedure. Criminal law and procedure : an overview -- If you are questioned by the police -- Search and seizures -- Arrests and interrogations -- Bail -- Getting a lawyer.
