Get help with child arrangements
Use this guide if you need to make or change child arrangements (also known as contact, access
or custody) with the other parent. For example, you may need to decide where your children will live or rearrange
the times they see you.
This guide is for parents. There's also
help available for grandparents
You could get up to £500 towards family mediation
This is a scheme that provides a contribution to the cost of family mediation. It is only available for a limited time. A trained independent mediator will help you come to an agreement about your child arrangements.
Find out more about the
family mediation voucher scheme.
Make a parenting plan
You can avoid going to court if you and the other person can agree a plan for who looks after the children.
Try our make a parenting plan service.
It allows you to answer questions about how you want to make child arrangements, and share this with the other person.
We're testing this service with people as we build it. We'll ask for your feedback after you use it.