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  • Get help with the cost of prison visits

    Apply for help with the cost of prison visits, including travel to the prison, accommodation, meals.

  • Get a legal separation

    How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to separate from your partner without divorcing them.

  • Selling, buying and carrying knives and weapons

    The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.

  • Become a magistrate

    How to volunteer as a magistrate, who can and cannot apply, the application form, and what magistrates do in court.

  • Annul a marriage

    How you can have a marriage annulled, the reasons you can give for annulling a marriage and the forms you will need to apply for an annulment. This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.

  • Adding a father's name to a birth certificate

    Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office

  • Electronic tags

    What to do if you have an electronic tag (including curfew tags, location tags and alcohol tags) and how to contact the Electronic Monitoring Service (EMS).

  • Get a DNA test

    DNA testing can be used in child maintenance or inheritance disputes, or applications for contact with a child or for a child to settle in the UK

  • Separating or divorcing: what you need to do

    Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance

  • Age of criminal responsibility

    The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10 years old. Children are treated differently from adults, are dealt with by youth courts and sent to special secure centres for young people.

  • Contact the Court Funds Office

    How to contact the Court Funds Office - email, phone, address, complaints

  • Using reasonable force against intruders

    The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself

  • Get a police check on someone that has contact with a child

    You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.

  • After a crime: your rights

    If you've been the victim of a crime, you have the right to privacy, to make a personal statement and to contact the police and be kept informed about the investigation.

  • Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record

    When to tell a potential employer, university, college or insurance company about a criminal record, when it becomes 'spent' and what shows up on a DBS check.

  • Types of prison sentence

    The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.

  • Represent yourself in court

    You have the right to speak for yourself in court without a solicitor or legal professional - where to get help with papers and procedures

  • Prison life

    What to expect if you're sent to prison - prison rules and regulations, healthcare and education, prisoner rights

  • Report a stalker

    If you’re being stalked, contact the police or get advice from organisations including the National Stalking helpline.

  • Appeal a magistrates’ court decision

    How to challenge a decision by a magistrates' court. Including how to get a fine reviewed, if you did not know about your case, how to appeal to the Crown Court.