Legal information

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.

These information sheets are in PDF format. If you are visually impaired, and require any of them in Word format, please let us know by emailing info@row.org.uk and we will send them to you.

 

Downloads:

PDF Financial Arrangements After Marriage Breakdown

PDF Child contact orders

PDF Child residence orders

PDF Child support

PDF Divorce

PDF Domestic violence - Updated!

PDF Domestic violence, housing and homelessness

PDF Living together

PDF Parental responsibility

PDF When parents separate



PDF Dissolving Civil Partnership


PDF Entering Civil Partnership

PDF Financial Arrangements after Civil Partnership Breakdown

PDF Lesbian parenting



PDF Complaints and compensation

PDF Police station procedures

PDFUnderstanding Rape

PDFSexual Assualt








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