Separated Dads: Advice and Rights for Separated Fathers

You deserve quality time with your children and we are here to help you achieve it. Our expert advice covers everything from legal guidance and financial planning to communication and emotional support, all written by experienced separated fathers who truly understand your situation. Separated Dads is here to help.

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Child maintenance: What am I paying for?

Child maintenance is the money one parent pays to help cover everyday costs of raising their child after separation.

Can I Leave the CSA and Come to a Private Arrangement?

You can leave the Child Support Agency and set up a private child maintenance arrangement with the other parent instead.

Support for Separated Dads

Separated dads face emotional, legal and financial challenges, here are the main organisations that can help you navigate them.

At What Age Do Child Maintenance Payments Stop?

Child maintenance payments typically continue until age 20 if your child stays in full-time education, but the rules changed in 2013.

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Record contact visits, cancellations, denied access and handover issues. Export as a PDF for your solicitor, CAFCASS or family court. All data stays on your device.

Child Maintenance Calculator

Find out how much child maintenance you should pay or receive. Takes less than a minute.

Check what legal rights you have as a separated father. Takes 2 minutes.

Why Every Separated Dad Should Keep a Contact Diary

A contact diary helps separated fathers record visits, cancellations and denied access so they have clear evidence if arrangements end up in family court.

How Child Maintenance Is Actually Calculated

Child maintenance is calculated as a percentage of your gross income, with rates varying by how many children you support and what you earn each week.

Mental Health Support for Separated Fathers

Separated fathers face real mental health struggles after breakup, here's where to start getting help.

Parental Alienation: What the Courts Say

How UK courts handle parental alienation and what happens when one parent systematically turns a child against the other.

Co-Parenting Apps: Which One Should You Use?

Compare the top co-parenting apps to manage shared schedules, expenses and messaging without turning logistics into arguments.

Child Arrangements Orders Explained

When parents can't agree on child living arrangements, courts use child arrangements orders to decide what's best for the child's welfare and stability.

No-Fault Divorce: What It Means for Fathers

No-fault divorce in England and Wales removed blame from the process, changing how fathers navigate custody and separation since April 2022.

Child maintenance: What am I paying for?

Child maintenance is the money one parent pays to help cover everyday costs of raising their child after separation.

Parental Responsibility: Have it? Need it? Get it.

Understand what parental responsibility is, who has it, and how to get it if you don't.

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Separated fathers can join a free moderated forum to ask questions, share experiences, and support each other through separation.

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