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Official statistics on separated families and their child maintenance arrangements. These statistics also include additional tables on poverty and incomes by child maintenance arrangement type.
Use this form to apply to a court to legally separate from your husband, wife or civil partner without getting divorced.
Statistical notice about the withdrawal of the first publication in the estimates of the separated family population experimental statistics series.
Child maintenance and disagreements about parentage
This report explores barriers to child maintenance arrangements for long-term separated parents and related support interventions.
Research evaluating the web app for separating and separated couples, measuring its effectiveness and identifying potential enhancements.
This report evaluates a series of projects that aim to help separating parents collaborate in the best interests of their children.
Information for organisations making civil legal aid applications for immigration matters concerning separated migrant children
Report on Help and Support for Separated Families - a new initiative to help families to work together during and after separation.
The Bill makes important changes to the legal process for married couples to obtain a divorce, for civil partners to dissolve their civil partnership, or for obtaining a judicial separation.
Resources for those going through separation or divorce.
This report considers the experience of separated parents and their children in the social security and child maintenance systems.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
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