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How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to separate from your partner without divorcing them.
Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
Statistics relating to separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.
Statistics on separated families and their child maintenance arrangements.
Estimates relating to separated families and their child maintenance arrangements. This release will include new estimates that have not been published before.
Official statistics on separated families and their child maintenance arrangements. From 21 March 2024 these statistics will include additional tables on poverty and incomes by child maintenance arrangement type.
You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship
Guidance on children and the family courts for separated parents.
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