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Practical guidance from Salam Mediation, alongside trusted external information for people dealing with separation, child arrangements, finances and MIAMs.
These are organised around the problem you are trying to solve rather than by date.
MIAM and court
Start here if you have been told you need a MIAM, a C100 or a Form A, or you want to understand non-court dispute resolution.
- What is a MIAM?
- The MIAM certificate for court applications
- MIAM before a C100
- MIAM before a Form A
- Urgent MIAM appointments
Children
Practical guidance for separated parents dealing with routines, contact, communication and parenting plans.
- Child arrangements mediation
- Parenting plans after separation
- The Family Mediation Voucher
- Cafcass – Our Child’s Plan (official source)
Finances
How financial mediation is structured, and the information needed before proposals can be discussed.
- Financial mediation after separation or divorce
- Financial disclosure
- Pensions in mediation
- The family home
Written by our mediation practice
Articles on mediation, arrangements for children and family finances.
Guides to download
Free guides published by Advicenow, Resolution, Citizens Advice and others. They are written by those organisations, not by us.
- Guides to download (independent guides, clearly labelled)
- Family mediation leaflets in your language
Trusted organisations
Organisations that support children and families through separation, several with helplines. We link to their live pages rather than storing old copies.
- Support organisations for families
- GOV.UK – looking after children if you divorce or separate (official source)
- Family Mediation Council (official source)
- Cafcass (official source)
How to read these
Everything here falls into one of three kinds, and we say which:
- Written by us – guidance written and reviewed by Salam Mediation.
- Official source – linked directly to the current publisher, so you always get the live version.
- Independent guide – produced by another organisation and labelled with its publisher.
Where a legal or procedural rule matters, take it from the official source rather than from a summary on any website, including this one.
Guides you can download
Published by Advicenow, Resolution, Citizens Advice and others. Free, and not written by us.
- Getting a divorce without a lawyer
- Applying for a child arrangements order
- Filling in your financial statement (Form E)
- Sorting out finances when you divorce
- Pensions on divorce
- Going to the family court without a lawyer
In your language
Our key pages translated, most with a spoken version you can listen to. Plus the Family Mediation Council’s leaflet in eight languages.
- Arabic read or listen
- Bengali read or listen
- Hindi read or listen
- Portuguese read
- Punjabi read or listen
- Somali read or listen
- Urdu read or listen
- FMC leaflet – Urdu, Punjabi, Arabic, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, French
Organisations that help
Helplines and support for children and families going through separation.
- Cafcass
- Childline – 0800 1111
- Gingerbread – 0808 802 0925
- Families Need Fathers
- Family Rights Group – 0800 801 0366
- Child Maintenance Service