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Ending a relationship
Find out how to end a relationship and sort out things like money, children and your home.
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Family
Get advice on family, looking after people and when a relationship ends.
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Ways to end your marriage
Find out how to end your marriage. Divorce is the best, permanent way. But you might want a legal separation or annulment.
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Transferring property for the benefit of children
Court powers to make certain property orders if it's for the good of a couple's child or children if a marriage or civil partnership breaks down.
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Staying in your council home when someone dies
Check if you can stay in your home when the person on the tenancy agreement dies. It will depend on your relationship with the person and what tenancy type they had.
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Living together and civil partnership - legal differences
Information for same-sex couples on how the law treats civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, including financial matters, adoption, housing and inheritance.
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Young people and family
Rights of children and young people on family matters including adoption, getting married and the rights of parents under 16.
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The 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme - you deny you’re the father of the children
Denying you are the father of the children if you are named by the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) as the parent who has to pay child maintenance under the 2012 Child Maintenance Scheme.
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Check if you can get child tax credits
Check who can get child tax credits, a benefit that can help if you're responsible for children and have a low income.
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Your ex-partner is taking your children without consent
What to do if your ex threatens to take your child or children without your consent - either within the UK or abroad.