This guide is for parents who do not live together and want to make arrangements for their children without having to go to court.
This guide will help if you have just split up with your children’s other parent and are having to make child arrangements for the first time, or if you have been sharing parenting for some time but need to come up with a new plan.
Changes to legal aid mean that most people cannot get free advice from solicitors to deal with family law issues anymore. If there is evidence of domestic abuse in your relationship then this can, in some cases, mean you can get legal aid. Also, if there is evidence of your child being at risk of abuse you may be able to get legal aid.
We know that many people will not be able to afford to get a lot of, or even any, help from solicitors. This guide aims to help you to find ways to agree arrangements between you and make arrangements that work well for everybody.
If you are just in the process of splitting up this may feel impossible. When you are feeling so hurt and angry, it can be very hard to imagine a future that feels OK. It won’t come right overnight, but you will get there.
