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Rights of Women have produced a number of information sheets on legal issues affecting women. You can download them here, free of charge.

The information contained on this page is not legal advice. If you have a legal problem, you should talk to a lawyer or advisor before deciding what to do. The information given here is written for people resident in or affected by the laws of England and Wales.

The following handbooks and legal guides are in PDF format. If you require any of this information in another format please let us know by emailing info@row.org.uk.

 

Legal handbooks:

PDF Seeking Refuge? A handbook for asylum-seeking women

PDF From Report to Court: A handbook for adult survivors of sexual violence

Legal guides:

PDF Adoption (for women prisoners)

PDF Child contact orders

PDF Child residence orders

PDF Child support

PDF Divorce - Updated!

PDF Domestic violence - Updated!

PDF Domestic violence, housing and homelessness

PDF Financial Arrangements After Marriage Breakdown

PDF Living together

PDF Marriage - Updated!

PDF Parental Responsibility

PDF Parental Responsibility (for women prisoners)

PDF When parents separate


PDF Dissolving Civil Partnership

PDF Entering Civil Partnership

PDF Financial Arrangements after Civil Partnership Breakdown

PDF Lesbian parenting


PDF Understanding Rape

PDF Sexual Assualt

PDF Complaints And Compensation

PDF From Charge To Trial

PDF Reporting To The Police - Updated!






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