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Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to separate from your partner without divorcing them.
Statistics relating to separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.
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.
Protect your right to live in a registered or unregistered property owned by your spouse or civil partner during a divorce or separation - getting home rights, after a continuation order
This report presents findings from a survey of separated parents undertaken to explore child maintenance arrangements.
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
Guide for separated parents: children and the family courts.
Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.
Use this form to apply to a court to legally separate from your husband, wife or civil partner without getting divorced.
Statistics on separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.
This document provides background information about the separated families statistics and information on how they are compiled.
This measure makes changes to the rules that apply to transfers of assets between spouses and civil partners who are in the process of separating.
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