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• 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

• Arranging financial support after you separate

  If you're married or in a civil partnership, you can apply for financial support (‘spousal maintenance’) from your ex when you separate. Find out more about what you can get or need to pay

• Young people and family

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

• Challenging an eviction with discrimination law

  Find out how you can defend your eviction by telling the court about discrimination from your landlord

• How a creditor can get information about your finances

  Information on what an order to obtain information is and what happens if a creditor obtains one to force you to reveal your financial situation

• If you're owed child maintenance

  Find out what you can do if you're not getting the child maintenance payments you're owed

• Check what benefits you can get

  Get a quick idea of the benefits you can claim, including disability benefits and links to benefit calculators

• Negotiating your debt with bailiffs

  Find out how you can negotiate your debt with bailiffs - including working out your what you can afford and making a payment arrangement

• If your PIP is stopped or reduced

  Check why your Personal Independence Payment (PIP) has stopped or reduced and what you can do about

• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  Information on the role of the executor or administrator in dealing with the estate of a deceased person