Your Family Court Toolkit — every resource on this site, organised by stage
REVIEWED BY: Sean McNamara on 2026-08-29
A complete index of every guide on this site, mapped to where you are in your journey
STAGE 1: Understanding your situation
- Cohabitation rights — the myth of common-law marriage
- Separating when you're not married — survival guide
- Private law vs public law — the two worlds explained
- Court orders explained — every type
- The complete survival guide for LiPs
STAGE 2: Before you apply
- Mediation guide
- MIAM — what to expect
- The £500 mediation voucher
- Legal aid — are you eligible?
- Legal aid abuse gateway
- Finding a legal-aid mediator
- Legal aid mediation gateway
- Court fees waived — EX160 explained
- Funding your case — the full money map
- Pro bono help — LawWorks and Advocate
STAGE 3: Making the application
- C100 child arrangements — full guide
- FL401 domestic abuse — step by step
- Form A financial remedy
- Online divorce portal walkthrough
STAGE 4: Preparing for hearings
- The FHDRA — first hearing explained
- Position statements — writing yours
- Witness statements — how to write them
- Building the bundle
- The 20-minute reality
- Skeleton arguments and chronologies
- Evidence labelling
- Chronology building
- Lawful evidence gathering
- Complying with court directions
STAGE 5: At the hearing
- Court day practical — what to expect
- Who sits in the family court
- Special measures and adjustments
- Remote and video hearings
- Fact-finding hearings
- Fathers' fact-finding preparation
- Preparing your evidence honestly
STAGE 6: After the hearing
- Court orders explained
- Enforcing child arrangements
- Enforcement of financial orders
- Enforcement methods — the nitty gritty
- Enforce non-molestation orders
- Variation and discharge
- Appeals
- Child not returned — what to do
PROTECTIVE ORDERS AND SAFETY
- FL401 step by step
- Non-molestation orders
- Occupation orders
- Legal aid abuse gateway
- After protective orders — next steps
- Enforcing non-molestation orders
- Coercive control — recognising it
- PD12J — domestic abuse and contact
- FGM protection orders
- Forced marriage protection
- Domestic abuse and the workplace
- Claire's Law and DVPOs
SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN
- Child arrangements programme
- Voice of the child
- Supporting children through separation
- Children and parental conflict
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
- Finding a family law professional — Birmingham
- Finding a family law professional — Manchester
- Finding a family law professional — Leeds
- Finding a family law professional — Liverpool
- Finding a family law professional — Sheffield
- Finding a family law professional — Bristol
- Finding a family law professional — Newcastle
- Finding a family law professional — Nottingham
- Finding a family law professional — Leicester
- Finding a family law professional — Cardiff
- Finding a family law professional — Cambridge
- Finding a family law professional — Oxford
- Finding a family law professional — Southampton
- Finding a family law professional — Portsmouth
- Finding a family law professional — Reading
- Family law solicitors — London verified
- Family law solicitors — Manchester verified
- Family law solicitors — Birmingham verified
- Family law solicitors — Leeds verified
- Family law solicitors — Liverpool verified
- Family law solicitors — Bristol verified
- Family law solicitors — Newcastle verified
- Barristers' chambers — verified
- McKenzie friend services — UK
SUPPORT SERVICES
- Support Through Court
- Rights of Women
- Family Action
- NSPCC helpline
- Home-Start
- Relate
- Kinship (Grandparents Plus)
- Both Parents Matter
- OnlyMums & OnlyDads
- Court of Protection
This page is general information, not legal advice. YourFamilyCase.co.uk is an independent information directory and is not affiliated with HMCTS or gov.uk.
Content verified against the official HMCTS court directory, gov.uk forms and fees pages, and the professional body registers (SRA, FMC, Bar Council). Last reviewed September 2026.