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Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance

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

You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from your partner if your visa is based on your relationship

• Tell the Home Office

  You must usually tell the Home Office when you divorce or separate from…

• Apply to stay in the UK

  If your visa is based on a relationship that’s ended you must apply if you…

Public and private waste collectors must follow the regulation on collecting certain wastes separately.

• Updated: 12 March 2025

How to get contact with your grandchildren if parents divorce or separate and will not let you see them: mediation, applying for a court order

How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.

How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.

You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave

Check if VAT is due on payments linked to private school fees and find out what you can reclaim VAT on.

• Updated: 27 January 2025

Explains what is prohibited, how to describe and classify it and the duty to separate mixed waste.

• Updated: 1 October 2020