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What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account after your 18th birthday

How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.

• Getting a financial agreement

  When you divorce or end a civil partnership you and your ex-partner need…

• If you agree

  It’s usually more straightforward and less expensive if you agree how to…

• Get help agreeing

  A mediator can help you and your ex-partner agree on how to split money…

• Get the court to decide

  If you and your ex-partner cannot agree how to divide your finances you…

• Maintenance payments

  The court sometimes tells the person with the higher income to make…

• Tax when transferring assets

  You do not usually have to pay Capital Gains Tax if you give, or otherwise…

Free and impartial help with money and pensions.

• Updated: 21 December 2017

Send money to a prisoner in England and Wales by debit card for free

Search for unclaimed money in a Court Funds Office account - find account, get information and claim

Find out if you’re a money service business and need to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.

• Updated: 18 August 2023

Bursaries and scholarships from universities or colleges including hardship funds.

GOV.UK Chat is now available in the GOV.UK app – a new AI tool that lets people ask questions in plain language and get clear, reliable answers instantly.

• Updated: 14 May 2026

Use a mediation service, send a statutory demand, go to court or make someone bankrupt if a person or business owes you money

How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.