Legal
Leaflets
Are there any leaflets to help us?
Yes, the Government has produced some leaflets for children
and parents about divorce. Both me and My Family and My Family's Splitting
Up are quite a few years old but still firm favourites. The other publications
from CAFCASS (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)
are new.
Divorce Aid is grateful to CAFCASS for including us in the
My Family's Changing leaflets for children and older children.
Looking at the children's sheets will make it easier to see things through
their eyes. In addition, you can help your younger child to draw on
the sheets and make his/her own comments. If you have teenagers or young
adults, please read more in their
own section.
My Family's Changing
The 'My Family's Changing' leaflets are designed to offer help and support
to children whose parents are divorcing or separating. They include
ideas from other children who have been through similar experiences,
games, spaces for children to write down and explore their feelings
and details of organisations that can offer further help. The leaflets
are available in two age ranges:
Below 12 and over 12 as below.
My Family's Changing - Younger Children
For Children Under 12
Author: Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)
Published May 2008
Download
leaflet
Order single copy from Divorce Aid:
Please
email your name and address.
For more than one free copy, please
order here from TSO.
My Family's Changing - Older Children
For Children Over 12
Author: Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)
Published May 2008
Download
leaflet
Order single copy from Divorce Aid:
Please
email your name and address.
For more than one free copy, please
order here from TSO.
Parenting Plans - Putting Your Children First
A Guide for Separating Parents
Author: Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service)
Publisher: TSO (The Stationery Office) April 2007
'Parenting Plans' is designed to help parents and other relatives to reach agreement about contact arrangements for their children following parental separation and divorce.
'Parenting Plans' covers the issues to consider in making contact arrangements, includes case studies showing how people have resolved issues to agree contact arrangements, and provides a list of organisations that can be called upon for further advice and help.
As this is a substantial document, we would recommend ordering your
free copy.
Download PDF copy of Parenting
Plans
Order
a free copy of Parenting Plans
Time for Children
This booklet provides advice and information for parents on
how to arrange positive contact between parents and children.
Click
here for a link to a pdf of this leaflet - bottom right of page.
This leaflet is also available in Arabic, Bengali, Cantonese, French, Gujarati, Hindi, Kurdish, Lithuanian, Mandarin, Polish, Portugese, Punjabi, Romanian, Turkish and Urdu.
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Resources from Australia
If you remember that foreign resources do not include the same
legal/financial information as English law or sources of help, they
can be very useful for general tips. We list some below:
Me and my changing family - Moving forward
Tips on moving forward after separation
This is a very useful leaflet from the Australian CSA, full
of advice and thoughtful topics on all its 60 pages.
Download
leaflet There are other leaflets in the series which we shall try
to include soon.
Video
Dealing
with separation Produced by the Australian CSA with the help of
The Learning Group.
Copyright of the Commonwealth of Australia, and reproduced under permission of the Commonwealth.