Family

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, and where else to go for help.

Family Search

Search for articles in our relationships section.

Ending A Relationship

Find out how to end a relationship and sort out things like money, children, and your home.

Living Together, Marriage And Civil Partnership

Getting married
Living together and marriage: legal differences
Registering a civil partnership
Living together and civil partnership – legal differences

Death And Wills

What To Do After A Death
Dealing With The Financial Affairs Of Someone Who Has Died
Funeral Services
Wills
Who Can Inherit If There Is No Will – The Rules Of Intestacy
What To Do If Someone Dies Abroad

Gender Violence

Domestic Violence And Abuse
Rape And Sexual Assault
Getting Help
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Children And Young People

Child maintenance
Child abuse
Young people and family

Looking After People

Carers: Help And Support
Local Authority Services For Children In Need
Children And Local Authority Care
Complaining About Social Care Services
Managing Affairs For Someone Else

Education

School education
Discrimination in education