How to register a marriage

Marriages in the UK

How to get married in England and Wales, giving notice of marriage at a register office, paying fees

Annul a marriage

How you can have a marriage annulled, the reasons you can give for annulling a marriage and the forms you will need to apply for an annulment

Change your name (by deed poll)

Deed polls are used to officially recognise a change of name - get one through a specialist agency, a solicitor or by applying to the Royal Courts of Justice

Child maintenance calculator

Work out the amount of child maintenance if you’re arranging it yourselves, or to get an idea of the statutory amounts from the Child Support Agency or Child Maintenance Service

Child maintenance if one parent lives abroad

What to do if you need to get child maintenance from an ex-partner who lives abroad

Childcare Grant

Childcare Grants for full-time students in higher education - grants, CCG1, CCG2 forms, how to apply, eligibility

Contact Sure Start

Sure Start Children's Centres provide advice and support for parents and carers, from pregnancy to when a child goes to primary school

Contact with your grandchild if their parents divorce or separate

How to get contact with your grandchildren if their parents divorce or separate and they won't let you see them, including how to apply for a court order to get access to the children

Divorce a missing husband or wife

How to divorce your husband or wife if they've gone missing, you don't know their whereabouts or they are presumed dead

How to dissolve a civil partnership, including the grounds for ending the partnership, how to file a petition, and how to get a final order

Find a Sure Start Children's Centre

Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice

Forced marriage

What to do if you or someone you know is being forced into getting married, how you can try to stop the marriage from taking place, and what to do if you want to leave a forced marriage

Get a copy of a decree absolute or final order

How to order a copy of a decree absolute or a final order if you want to remarry or prove that you have divorced your former husband or wife or ended a civil partnership.

Get a legal separation

How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to live apart from your partner without divorcing them.

Getting married abroad

Requirements, paperwork and processes for weddings and civil partnerships overseas - registration, restrictions, fees

How child maintenance is worked out

Use the child maintenance calculator to work out how much child maintenance to pay - or see the rates the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance Service use if you're arranging child maintenance

Order a commemorative marriage certificate

Order a commemorative marriage certificate for a gift or keepsake to mark a silver, ruby, golden or diamond wedding anniversary

Payment for certificates to get married abroad

Pay for documents you need to get married abroad from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)

Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (REMO) Unit

The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (REMO) unit deals with international child maintenance agreements in England and Wales

The law on leaving your child home alone

The law doesn't say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it places them at risk.

What happens if a child under 10 breaks the law?

Children under 10 who break the law can be given a Local Child Curfew, a Child Safety Order or can be taken into care

What happens to me if my child gets in trouble with the police

Parents can get in trouble with the law if their child gets arrested - find out about parenting programmes, Parenting Contracts and Parenting Orders