Useful Info

We have set out below links to some useful websites that you may want to browse for further information and literature/forms that you can download:

Benefits
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/index.htm
https://www.gov.uk/child-benefit/how-to-claim
https://www.gov.uk/jobseekers-allowance/how-to-claim
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits/universal-credit.htm

Children
http://www.advicenow.org.uk/living-together/children/
http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/childrens-services/
http://www.gingerbread.org.uk/  (for single parents)

Child Contact Centres in Milton Keynes
http://www.mkcontactcentre.org/ (Bletchley)
http://www.wardandrews.co.uk/ (Woolstone)

Child Maintenance
https://www.gov.uk/child-support-agency

Cohabitees
http://www.advicenow.org.uk/living-together/

Counselling
http://www.citycounsellingcentre.org.uk/
http://www.relatemk.org/

Court forms
http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/HMCTS/FormFinder.do

Court fees & fee remission
http://hmctscourtfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/ex050-eng.pdf
http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/ex160a-eng.pdf

Debt & money advice
http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en

Divorce
http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/for-the-public/common-legal-issues/getting-a-divorce/
http://www.advicenow.org.uk/advicenow-guides/family/divorce-a-survival-toolkit/

Domestic Abuse
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/crprev/crprev-domabu.htm
http://www.womensaid.org.uk/
http://www.milton-keynes.gov.uk/safermk_domestic_violence/displayarticle.asp?ID=66472

Legal Aid eligibility
https://www.gov.uk/check-legal-aid

Matrimonial Finances
https://www.gov.uk/money-property-when-relationship-ends/apply-for-a-financial-order

Mediation
http://www.thefma.co.uk/
http://www.focus-mediation.co.uk/
http://www.mediationmk.org.uk/

Representing Yourself
http://www.barcouncil.org.uk/media/203109/srl_guide_final_for_online_use.pdf

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