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  • Legal support
    • Financial support to help with legal representation (Legal Aid)
    • Other free legal support
  • Protective orders
    • Non-Molestation Orders
    • Prohibitive Steps Orders
    • Occupation Orders
    • Domestic Violence Protection Orders
    • Emergency Protection Orders
  • Child contact
    • Mediation
    • Application to court to settle issues over child contact
    • Checks to safeguard you and your children
    • The first hearing at court
    • Hearings to present evidence of domestic abuse
    • Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP)
    • Final hearing
  • Going to court
    • A court hearing
    • Preparing for court
    • Someone with you in court
    • How the court keep you safe
    • Keeping your contact details secret in court
    • Speaking in court
    • Leaving court
    • Disability
    • Interpreter
  • Videos
    • Video about Legal Aid
    • Video about special measures
    • Rights Of Women video about special measures
    • Video about how Cafcass work with your child
    • Video about how CAFCASS prepare a report
    • Video about the Finding of Facts hearing
    • Preparing to go to court video
    • Video about representing yourself in court
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