Where to get legal advice
Your Cafcass Family Court Adviser does not and cannot provide you with legal advice.
However, you may find the following organisations can provide you with legal advice:
Advice Now – an independent, not-for-profit website run by the charity ‘Law for Life’
Coram Children’s Legal Centre – advice on child and family law
Child Law Advice – provided by Coram Children’s Legal Centre, advice for Litigants in person
Children’s Rights Alliance – human rights for children
Child Rights Information Network – advice on children’s rights
Family Court: attending a full hearing – video from HMCTS
Family Court without a lawyer – video 1 of 3 – series of videos from family barrister and mediator Lucy Reed
How to represent yourself in family court in England and Wales – video from Advice Now
The Law Society – advice on the law and help with obtaining a solicitor
Legal Services Commission – information on legal matters and help with legal costs
Resolution – advice on finding a solicitor
Support Through Court – free, independent assistance to people facing proceedings without legal representation
Taking a case to court without legal advice – advice from the Citizens Advice Bureau