As well as the sources of legal advice already listed some links to guides from the Citizens Advice Bureau website and Directgov, the public services website, are given below.

If you are a veterinary surgeon, or a dependent, and have been left struggling financially due to the breakdown of your family it may be possible to receive some financial assistance from the Veterinary Benevolent Fund.

Veterinary students, veterinary nurses and veterinary surgeons may wish to call someone at Vet Helpline on 07659 811 118 (local call rates apply, 24hr rapid response answer phone) which provides empathetic discussion of problems with someone who has experience of the veterinary profession. 

See also the section of this web site that covers depression and stress.

• Citizens Advice Bureau Guides:
  
  
  • Legal differences between living together and being married
  • Getting married
  • Registering a civil partnership
  • Ending a marriage
  • Ending a civil partnership
  • Ending a relationship when you are living together
  • Domestic violence
    
    
• DirectGov:
  
  
  • Information and advice on divorce, family courts, the justice system, parental rights, children's rights, and children in care