How we can help

Our family legal team deliver a wide range of services - legal advice and representation in some family matters but also other services. Our team in the Central London Family Court deliver the only court based child contact centre, lead on the delivery of SPIPS in London and most recently are going to be supporting other front line organisations to assist women facing domestic abuse.

If you want to contact us about a family case, you can fill in our Family Triage Form.

Contact us

Email address

familytriage@rcjadvice.org.uk – to submit your triage form

Opening hours

Mon - Fri: 9.30am to 4.30pm
Sat - Sun: Closed

Our Family legal services

Family legal advice

We have a service within the Central London Family Courts on the 4th floor. It is open 9.30am - 4.30pm Monday to Friday. When you visit us for the first time, we will ask you to complete a form that…

Family Representation

If you are having to represent yourself in court and cannot afford a lawyer we have a number of schemes that may help.

Time Together child contact

Our team delivers free supported contact sessions and supervised sessions to court referred contact through a magistrate or a Judge. Time Together aims to provide contact where there might have been entrenched and a long period where one parent doesn’t…

FLOWS - Finding Legal Options for Women Survivors

FLOWS – Finding Legal Options for Women Survivors is delivered by the Family Team of RCJ Advice, in partnership with Rights of Women.

Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP)

The Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP) is a course which helps you understand how to put your children first while you are separating, even though you may be in dispute with your child’s other parent.

Can we help you?

To ﬁnd out whether we can help you, please answer a few simple questions about your case. Remember, our service is free, conﬁdential, impartial, and we are independent of the court

Tell us about your family case

Case study: Time Together

How Time Together enabled one referred family to reunite

When this family was referred through, the mMother and father had been separated for 2 years. There are 3 children. The 2 older teenage boys live with the father and the 3 year old daughter lives with the mother.

It had been 2 years since the father has seen his youngest daughter and the boys have seen their sister.

The order was for the father and 2 older brothers to have contact for 1 hour for 3 consecutive weeks to ‘kick start’ the contact in a safe and warm and supported environment.

Both parents were keen to put the child first. Mum prepared her daughter for contact by ensuring that she knew where she would be during contact and that she wasn’t to worry about her. She appreciated that she would be excitable and apprehensive about the sessions and she showed encouragement throughout.

Dad and the 2 brothers were very emotional when meeting up again but after hugs and tears they settled down to play Jenga for over an hour. Dad also stressed that the child would see him and his brothers again next week and to go back to mum when the session was over even although the little girl was visibly upset at leaving her newly acquainted family.

All 3 sessions were attended and the handovers were very smooth due to the parents’ attitude and contact has now been continued in the community on a regular basis.

Other services

Do you need help with something different?

Civil & housing legal services

We deliver free legal advice if you have a case in the County Court, High Court & Court of Appeal and can also provide representation in some cases

Bankruptcy & debt services

If you need help with debts or managing your money we have a range of advice services that can help you

Legal Aid

Legal aid can help meet the costs of legal advice, family mediation and representation in a court or tribunal.