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• Registering a civil partnership

  Information on how to register a civil partnership covering who can register, the cost of registering and special rules for sick and disabled people and people from abroad

• 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

• Getting child maintenance

  Information about getting child maintenance. Get help applying for CMS, challenging what they think you should get and if you're owed money

• Paying child maintenance

  Information about paying child maintenance. Find out more about paying through the CMS, challenging what they say you should pay and if you owe money

• Check what kinds of behaviour are child abuse

  What is meant by the term 'child abuse'. There is no clear legal definition of ‘child abuse’ but there are laws to protect children from harm. Find out more

• If you're owed child maintenance

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

• Benefits and help with council tax when you separate

  You might be able to get help with your living costs when you separate from your partner. Find out if you have a right to benefits or can get more

• Getting help and compensation if you were abused as a child

  What you can do if you were abused as a child including getting support, reporting the abuse to the police, checking records and claiming compensation

• If you owe child maintenance

  Find out what the CMS can do if you don't pay child maintenance and how they can recover payments

• 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