Do You Need Help With A Family Law Issue?
The Access to Justice Devon & Cornwall Project offers free legal consultancy and support to people with family law issues, but do not have a lawyer and are not entitled to legal aid.
Issues we cover
- Divorce and Dissolution
- Separation and Cohabitation
- Financial Orders
- Child Arrangements
- Parental Responsibility
- Domestic abuse
Before you contact us, you can find out more about the issues affecting you with these links:
Sorting out money
- Arranging financial support after you separate
- Help with legal fees when you separate
- Benefits and help with council tax when you separate
- Dividing up money and belongings when you separate
Making agreements about your children
- Making child arrangements
- Your child arrangements aren't working
- Your ex-partner is taking your children without consent
Domestic violence and abuse
How to separate
- Deciding what to do when you separate
- Using mediation to help you separate
- Getting a divorce
- Ways to end your marriage
- Ending a civil partnership
If you were living together
What help do we offer?
- Advice on the law, your rights, your options and what to do next
- Assistance with court applications and statements/evidence
- Advice on court process and procedure
Please note: We support clients as litigants in person. We do not undertake litigation on a client’s behalf or offer representation at court. When receiving advice, clients remain responsible for the management and conduct of their case.
Eligibility
We cannot advise if you are currently instructing or receiving advice from a lawyer or professional McKenzie Friend.
Before contacting us, please complete a Legal Aid check. If you are entitled to legal aid we cannot assist you with your case.
Contact Us
To get in touch, please use the referral form link below. Our current call-back time is 5 working days.