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• Getting married

  Information on who can get married, where marriages can take place, civil and religious services, marriages by proxy, bigamous marriages, polygamous marriages, forced marriages and second marriages.

• Getting a divorce or ending your civil partnership

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

• Young people and family

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

• Family

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

• 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.

• Taking legal action about discrimination

  Process for taking court action about discrimination, including sending a letter before a claim, filling out a claim form and how a defendant should respond

• 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

• Making a will

  Information about making a will and how to change or end a will. How to protect your will against being challenged