Help, Advice & Support for Separated Fathers

Help, Advice & Support for Separated Fathers...

Being separated from your children is tough if you're a dad. We're here to help with all aspects from emotional to financial to legal. Try our lively comments section at the end of each article to seek individual help, or share your own experiences.

April's Most Popular Articles...

At What Age Do Child Maintenance Payments Stop?: If you would like to read about Child Support Payments in more detail then take a look at our Child Support Guide, where the… [29746 views in Apr]
Child maintenance: What am I paying for?: What is child maintenance? Child maintenance is financial support paid from one parent to another to assist with a child's everyday… [15226 views in Apr]
Can Ex Apply for Kids' Passports Without My Permission?: When you split from your partner it is easy to feel very helpless and as though you lack influence on your children’s… [13726 views in Apr]
What Happens If My Ex Keeps the Children Without My Consent?: The thought of your ex partner taking your children is the worst nightmare of many parents, and so if it… [12470 views in Apr]
When Your Ex-Partner Denies You Access: If your ex-partner says she’s not going to let you have any contact with your children, it can be one of the most distressing things that… [10436 views in Apr]
A Guide to Child Maintenance Payments: The second in our series of separated dads guides relates to child maintenance and the issues surrounding it. Child maintenance is designed… [8614 views in Apr]

Our Categories...

Case Studies: How We Communicate Through Mediation: A Case Study, The Importance of...

Communication: Joint Projects to Help You Bond With Your Child, Relationships With...

Download Guides: The Separated Dads Parental Responsibility Guide and Letters...

Emotional: Checklist: the Emotional Stages After Separation, Dealing With Being...

Financial: Working With the CSA on Support Payments, How Many Fathers Don't Pay...

Legal: Do You Know Your Rights as a Father?, Lobby Your MP About Fathers'...

Lies in Separation: Being Falsely Accused of Rape, Being Falsely Accused of Child Abuse,...

Negotiation: Arranging to Take Your Child on Holiday, Checklist: 10 Rules of...

Practicalities: Building a Routine After Separation, Planning Children's Parties,...

Psychology: How to Improve Relations With Your Child's Mother, Developing the...

Readers' Stories: My Positive Experience of Cafcass, A Separated Dad's Story of How He...

Separation: Dealing With Your Ex Partner and Child Moving Away, Missing Important...

The Court Process: What Happens at Family Court?, Representing Yourself in Court,...

Latest Comments

Christopher
Re: Making Joint Decisions About Your Child's Future
Im willing to do a dna test any time .

10 April 2024
Christopher
Re: Making Joint Decisions About Your Child's Future
One more thing( I want my name removed from her birth certificate because it’s fraudulent ).all you…

10 April 2024
Christopher
Re: Making Joint Decisions About Your Child's Future
Hey loser stop posting,we both know I am not (bree”s biological father I never had kids and I was never…

10 April 2024
Mark
Re: Making Joint Decisions About Your Child's Future
Hi there, unfortunately mediation is not possible and not legally advisable if, for example, my wife was…

9 April 2024
Bill
Re: Coping Financially After a Separation
Hi all, Why is it that Dads have to bear most of the brunt in these situations?? So many guys I know are in this…

8 April 2024
Bill
Re: Coping Financially After a Separation
Hi all, Why is it that Dads have to bear most of the brunt in these situations?? So many guys I know are in this…

8 April 2024
Lockley
Re: What Happens If My Ex Keeps the Children Without My Consent?
I have got a 2 year old son with my ex partner whom i split up with 9 months ago i have…

31 March 2024
Supporttoseperatedda
Re: How Visitation Rights Work For Fathers
Hello everyone, Looking for some advice if anyone can help! My partner is currently going through the divorce…

29 March 2024
C laurie
Re: Child maintenance: What am I paying for?
My situation is much different then what I read here .I have never had contact with the child in question (my…

10 March 2024
Saj
Re: Child maintenance: What am I paying for?
Hi, I have an 8 yr old son and I've split up many years ago from his mother, we had a mutually agreed shared care…

29 February 2024