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• 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

• 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

• 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're owed child maintenance

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

• 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

• Your ex-partner is taking your children without consent

  What to do if your ex threatens to take your child or children without your consent - either within the UK or abroad

• 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

• Buying a home

  Get information on the process of buying a house. Check how to get a mortgage, how to make an offer and what to consider if you’re buying with others