Relationships & Family Advice

Our Relationship and Family Advice section provides links to help you with Family and Relationship issues. Find out what your rights are if your relationship has broken down, for example whether you can stay in the family home or who the children should live with.

You can also find out how to deal with things like making a will, registering a birth or changing your name, domestic violence & domestic abuse, and where else to go for help.

To help you find the information you require more easily, we have broken this Category into relevant sub-categories. Please choose the one closest to your requirement:

Divorce & Separation
General Issues
Death & Bereavement
Domestic Violence

Divorce & Separation

Citizens Advice: Comprehensive information for dealing with Relationship Problems on Citizens Advice.

Gingerbread: In depth information and advice from Gingerbread - the charity for single parents.

General Issues

Citizens Advice: Lots of useful information about families and relationships from Citizens Advice.

Gingerbread: In depth information and advice from Gingerbread - the single parent charity.

Family Lives: Family Lives is a charity dedicated to helping parents deal with the changes that are a constant part of family life.

Death & Bereavement

Citizens Advice: Comprehensive information from the Citizens Advice website.

Gov.uk: Gov.uk advice on what to do after someone dies.

Domestic Violence

Citizens Advice: Help, advice and sources of support for anyone suffering from Domestic Violence.

National Domestic Violence Helpline (24hrs): The Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline.

Women’s Aid: Women’s Aid is the national charity for women and children working to end domestic abuse.

NHS Choices: Getting help for domestic violence.

NHS Choices: Domestic abuse against men.

ManKind Initiative: Helping men escape domestic abuse.