Verified family-court information for separated fathers

Your case, minus the panic. Verified courts, real procedure, zero waffle.

Every court verified against HMCTS public data. Every fee checked against GOV.UK. 293 courts, 166 towns, and guides written for men facing C100 applications, FL401 injunctions and everything the family court throws at fathers — without a solicitor.

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293 family courts 166 town guides 24 procedural guides C100 fee £263 · verified July 2026

In crisis right now?

Served with a non-molestation orderThe first 48 hours, hour by hourEMERGENCY GUIDE Defend a non-molestation orderReturn hearing strategy: undertaking vs contestGUIDE Asked to leave the family homeHome rights, HR1, occupation orders — free protectionsGUIDE Police bail & the family courtThe two-track trap and how to behave in eachGUIDE

Family courts, verified

Full A–Z below

Address, phone, code and area-of-law data verified against the HMCTS court finder. Every court carries seven guides: C100, FL401, forms & fees, the FHDRA, defending allegations, direct-access barristers, and visiting.

Central Family Court First Avenue House, 42-49 High Holborn VERIFIED East London Family Court 11 Westferry Circus VERIFIED West London Family Court Gloucester House, 4 Dukes Green Avenue VERIFIED Birmingham Civil and Family Justice Centre Priory Courts, 33 Bull Street VERIFIED Leeds Combined Court Centre The Courthouse, 1 Oxford Row VERIFIED Bristol Civil and Family Justice Centre 2 Redcliff Street VERIFIED Sheffield Combined Court Centre The Law Courts, 50 West Bar VERIFIED Liverpool Civil and Family Court 35 Vernon Street VERIFIED

Court index (A–Z)

…and every court intent page is linked from its court hub. Alias venues (same building, historic names) point to the current page.

Guides that respect your intelligence

Crisis-first, evidence-led, child-welfare framed. Written for litigants in person — the 62%+ of fathers facing professional counsel alone.

50/50 shared care child arrangements ordersGUIDE Asked to leave the family home? Home rights, HR1 and occupation ordersCRISIS C100 child arrangements applicationSTART HERE How to write a C100 witness statement as a fatherGUIDE The Cafcass safeguarding letterGUIDE Child maintenance and overnight staysGUIDE Cross-examination when neither side has a lawyerGUIDE Defending a non-molestation orderCRISIS Enforcing a child arrangements orderGUIDE The FHDRAGUIDE Form E and financial remedyGUIDE The finding of fact hearingGUIDE

All 24 guides below.

166 town guides

Local pages for the towns our courts serve: which court, how to file, where the contact centres and men's groups are.

Abingdon abingdon-mens-groups Accrington accrington-mens-groups Aldershot aldershot-mens-groups Andover andover-mens-groups Ashford (Kent)ashford-kent-mens-groups Banbury banbury-mens-groups Barking and Dagenham barking-dagenham-mens-groups Barnsley barnsley-mens-groups Basildon basildon-mens-groups Basingstoke basingstoke-mens-groups Bedford bedford-borough-mens-groups Bexley bexley-mens-groups Bicester bicester-mens-groups Bishop's Stortford bishops-stortford-mens-groups Blackburn blackburn-mens-groups Bodmin bodmin-mens-groups Bognor Regis bognor-regis-mens-groups Bolton bolton-mens-groups Boston boston-mens-groups Bracknell bracknell-mens-groups Brent brent-mens-groups Brentford brentford-mens-groups Bridgwater bridgwater-mens-groups Bromley bromley-mens-groups Burnley burnley-mens-groups Bury St Edmunds bury-st-edmunds-mens-groups Caernarfon caernarfon-mens-groups Cambridge cambridge-mens-groups Camden camden-mens-groups Cannock cannock-mens-groups Carmarthen carmarthen-mens-groups Chatham / Medway chatham-medway-mens-groups Chelmsford chelmsford-mens-groups Cheltenham cheltenham-mens-groups Chesterfield chesterfield-mens-groups Chorley chorley-mens-groups City of London city-of-london-mens-groups Colchester colchester-mens-groups Corby corby-mens-groups Crawley crawley-mens-groups Crewe crewe-mens-groups Croydon croydon-borough-mens-groups Didcot didcot-mens-groups Doncaster doncaster-mens-groups Dover dover-mens-groups Dudley dudley-mens-groups Durham durham-mens-groups Ealing ealing-mens-groups Eastbourne eastbourne-mens-groups Ely ely-mens-groups Enfield enfield-mens-groups Epsom epsom-mens-groups Exeter exeter-mens-groups Farnborough farnborough-mens-groups Folkestone folkestone-mens-groups Gateshead gateshead-mens-groups Gillingham / Rainham (Medway)gillingham-medway-mens-groups Gloucester gloucester-mens-groups Grantham grantham-mens-groups Gravesend gravesend-mens-groups Greenwich greenwich-mens-groups Grimsby grimsby-mens-groups Guildford guildford-mens-groups Hackney hackney-mens-groups Hammersmith and Fulham hammersmith-fulham-mens-groups Haringey haringey-mens-groups Harlow harlow-mens-groups Harrogate harrogate-mens-groups Harrow harrow-mens-groups Haverfordwest haverfordwest-mens-groups HAVERING (Romford)havering-mens-groups Hemel Hempstead hemel-hempstead-mens-groups Hereford hereford-mens-groups Herne Bay herne-bay-mens-groups Hertford hertford-mens-groups High Wycombe high-wycombe-mens-groups Hillingdon hillingdon-mens-groups Hitchin hitchin-mens-groups Horsham horsham-mens-groups Hounslow hounslow-mens-groups Hove hove-mens-groups Huddersfield huddersfield-mens-groups Huntingdon huntingdon-mens-groups Ilford ilford-mens-groups Islington islington-mens-groups Kensington and Chelsea kensington-chelsea-mens-groups Kettering kettering-mens-groups King's Lynn kings-lynn-mens-groups Kingston upon Thames kingston-borough-mens-groups Lambeth lambeth-mens-groups Leighton Buzzard / Dunstable leighton-buzzard-dunstable-mens-groups Lewisham lewisham-mens-groups Lincoln lincoln-mens-groups Littlehampton littlehampton-mens-groups Louth louth-mens-groups Lowestoft lowestoft-mens-groups Luton luton-borough luton-mens-groups Macclesfield macclesfield-mens-groups Maidenhead maidenhead-mens-groups Mansfield mansfield-mens-groups March march-mens-groups Margate margate-mens-groups Merton merton-mens-groups Middlesbrough middlesbrough-mens-groups Milton Keynes milton-keynes-mens-groups Newark newark-on-trent-mens-groups Newbury newbury-mens-groups Newcastle newcastle-under-lyme-mens-groups Newham newham-mens-groups North Shields north-shields-mens-groups Norwich norwich-mens-groups Oldham oldham-mens-groups Oxford oxford-mens-groups Peterborough peterborough-mens-groups Plymouth plymouth-mens-groups Redbridge redbridge-mens-groups Redditch redditch-mens-groups Romford romford-borough-mens-groups Rotherham rotherham-mens-groups Royston royston-mens-groups Scarborough scarborough-mens-groups Sevenoaks sevenoaks-mens-groups Skegness skegness-mens-groups Skipton skipton-mens-groups Slough slough-borough-mens-groups Southwark southwark-mens-groups Spalding spalding-mens-groups St Albans st-albans-mens-groups St Helens st-helens-mens-groups St Neots st-neots-mens-groups Stafford stafford-mens-groups Staines staines-mens-groups Stevenage stevenage-mens-groups Stockport stockport-mens-groups Stoke stoke-on-trent-mens-groups Sutton sutton-borough-mens-groups Swindon swindon-mens-groups Taunton taunton-mens-groups Telford telford-mens-groups Tonbridge & Tunbridge Wells tonbridge-tunbridge-wells-mens-groups Tower Hamlets tower-hamlets-mens-groups Truro truro-mens-groups Uxbridge uxbridge-mens-groups Wakefield wakefield-mens-groups Walsall walsall-mens-groups Waltham Forest waltham-forest-mens-groups Walton walton-on-thames-mens-groups Wandsworth wandsworth-mens-groups Warwick Warwick & Leamington Spa warwick-leamington-mens-groups warwick-mens-groups Watford watford-mens-groups Welwyn Garden City welwyn-garden-city-mens-groups Wembley wembley-mens-groups Westminster westminster-mens-groups Weston weston-super-mare-mens-groups Wigan wigan-mens-groups Wisbech wisbech-mens-groups Witney witney-mens-groups Woking woking-mens-groups Wokingham wokingham-mens-groups Wolverhampton wolverhampton-mens-groups Worcester worcester-mens-groups Worthing worthing-mens-groups Wrexham wrexham-mens-groups Yeovil yeovil-mens-groups York york-mens-groups

Free tools

C100 application starterDecide everything before you open the official formFREE TOOL CMS overnight-stays calculatorWhat your shared-care nights are worth — statutory brackets, instant mathFREE TOOL The First 48 HoursThe hour-by-hour emergency checklistFREE TOOL Scott Schedule generator (FPR PD 12J)Interactive allegation rebuttal table — format your Finding of Fact responseFREE TOOL

Finders — official registers, routed

Child contact centres (NACCC)Accredited supported & supervised centres — county finders insideOFFICIAL DIRECTORY Support & men's groupsFNF, Andy's Man Club, Men's Sheds, helplines — 56 county pagesVERIFIED ORGS Direct-access barristersCheck & instruct via the BSB register — no middlemenREGISTER ROUTER

All guides

50/50 shared care child arrangements orders Asked to leave the family home? Home rights, HR1 and occupation orders C100 child arrangements application How to write a C100 witness statement as a father The Cafcass safeguarding letter Child maintenance and overnight stays Cross-examination when neither side has a lawyer Defending a non-molestation order Enforcing a child arrangements order The FHDRA Form E and financial remedy The finding of fact hearing Form HR1 home rights notice How to challenge a Cafcass Section 7 report Men's groups and community MIAM exemptions Undertaking vs Non-Molestation Order Building an evidence log the family court respects Parental Responsibility for fathers in the UK Police bail, domestic abuse allegations and the family court Position statements that work in family court Scott Schedule response template The section 7 report What to bring to a family court hearing

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This page is general information, not legal advice. FamilyCourtDad.co.uk is an independent information directory. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to HMCTS, the courts, gov.uk, NACCC or any listed organisation. Legal Services Act 2007: we provide unregulated procedural information only. We do not conduct litigation, represent anyone, or offer legal advice.

Everything here starts from s.1 Children Act 1989: your child's welfare is the court's paramount consideration — and the most persuasive frame for your case.

. Facts carry their sources: fees (EX50) · court finder · NACCC · child maintenance.

2026 UK Family Court Statutory Fees & Fixed-Fee Support Benchmarks (P25–P75)

Synthesised from HMCTS Form EX50, Children Act 1989 (s.8 Child Arrangements Orders), Family Procedure Rules (Part 12), and observed UK family-law & McKenzie Friend fee schedules (October 2026):

Application / Support Stage	Statutory / P25 Lower Quartile	Typical Median / P75 Upper Quartile	Official Reference
Form C100 Child Arrangements / Specific Issue / Prohibited Steps Fee	£0 (with Form EX160 Help with Fees)	£263 (Statutory HMCTS Court Fee)	GOV.UK Form C100 & EX50
MIAM (Mediation Information & Assessment Meeting)	£90 – £120 (Sole MIAM P25)	£150 – £210 (Fast-Track MIAM Certificate P75)	Family Mediation Council / FPR Part 3
Fixed-Fee C100 Prep / FHDRA Hearing Support (McKenzie Friend vs Solicitor)	£250 – £495 (McKenzie Friend P25)	£950 – £2,250 (Direct Access Barrister / Solicitor P75)	CAFCASS & Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

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