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How to get contact with your grandchildren if parents divorce or separate and will not let you see them: mediation, applying for a court order
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
You can choose how to make arrangements for looking after your children if…
You do not have to do any official paperwork if you agree about child…
A mediator can help you and your ex-partner agree on child arrangements,…
If you’ve got help and still cannot agree then you’ll need to apply for a…
You can apply online or using a paper form for any of the following: child…
The court will arrange a ‘directions hearing’ with both parents if you…
You can change an existing court order or consent order. You can also ask…
This document contains the following information: Family law: the ground for divorce.
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.
Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
This document contains the following information: Family law: the effect of divorce on wills.
Use this form only if you are applying for a financial remedy other than, for example, a financial order or financial relief after an overseas divorce or dissolution in the family court or High Court.
We hear cases where a child who is the subject of legal proceedings must be protected and this protection is not possible under the Children Act 1989. This is called our ‘inherent jurisdiction’. The most common type of case is...
Immigration staff guidance on how to recognise a genuine and subsisting relationship and identify a valid divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership.
Form D50E: Application for permission to apply for financial relief after an overseas divorce etc. under section 13 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984 / paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
Statistics relating to separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.
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