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• Children, young people and parenting

  Overview and content list for children and young people. Find out about child maintenance, protecting children and local council support.

• Challenging what the CMS says you should get

  Find out how to ask the CMS for a review or a variation, for example if your circumstances have changed

• Challenging what the CMS says you should pay

  Find out how to ask the CMS for a review or a variation, for example if your circumstances have changed or you have special expenses

• Deciding what to do when you separate

  What you need to do when you separate from your partner including how to reach an agreement about your children and money, belongings and the family home

• Young people and family

  Rights of children and young people on family matters including adoption, getting married and the rights of parents under 16

• Check if you have to pay a debt

  How to check liability for a debt, including time limits on debts and how to challenge a debt you think you might not be liable

• Check if you can increase your income

  Check you’re getting all the money you’re entitled to - including benefits, grants from charities and the Household Support Fund scheme

• Living together and civil partnership - legal differences

  Information for same-sex and opposite-sex couples on how the law treats civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, including financial matters, adoption, housing and inheritance

• Family

  Get advice on family, looking after people and when a relationship ends

• Creditor takes money from your bank account

  Information on third party debt orders to take money owed to you to pay creditors, how they affect your bank account and what to do if a frozen bank account leads to hardship