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• What happens to your home when you separate

  Whether you rent or own the property you live in, you need to decide what will happen to your home if you and your partner split up

• Ways to end your marriage or civil partnership

  Find out how to end your marriage or civil partnership. Divorce or dissolution is the best, permanent way. But you might want a legal separation or annulment

• Changing your claimant commitment

  Find out how to get your Universal Credit claimant commitment changed if your work coach asks you to do too much work-related activity as part of your claim

• Making child arrangements

  How to agree where your children live, who they live with and how often you'll see them after you've split up. This is also called making 'child arrangements

• Getting a divorce or ending your civil partnership

  Find out how to end your marriage or civil partnership with a divorce or dissolution

• 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

• Get specialist immigration advice

  Check what help you can get from Citizens Advice or find a specialist immigration adviser

• Using mediation to help you separate

  Mediation is a cost-effective way of sorting any differences you have with your ex-partner when you separate. Find out more about mediation

• Check if you can get special measures in court

  Find out if you can get extra help giving evidence in court including getting help if you're worried about seeing the defendant

• If your ex-partner has left your home

  Find out your rights to stay in your home if your ex has left - and what to do if they try to come back