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The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
This guide is to help you and your business understand how to protect children from sexual exploitation and abuse on your platform.
This is an introductory welcome guide for children under 18 who are moving from Ukraine to England under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
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.
Guidance for sponsors about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
Find out how to register a birth - who can register, birth certificates
Permission from parents and courts to take a child on holiday abroad and avoid abduction
Child Benefit if your child lives with someone else - when you can claim, multiple claims, change who gets the benefit
Explanation of terms used in Ofsted's official and national statistical releases.
Find out about giving support for a maximum of 2 children and what to do if an exception applies to you.
Legal rights, birth certificates, parental rights and child maintenance
Child Tax Credits if you're responsible for one child or more - how much you get, eligibility, claim tax credits
Information about Universal Credit for families with more than 2 children.
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