Guides · plain English · primary sources
The rules of shared care, without the jargon.
Everything here is general information drawn from the regulations, GOV.UK and the judgments themselves — written by one parent who's actually been through it, for the parent reading at 11pm. It isn't legal advice; your case will have its own facts.
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Guide 01 · The rule
Regulation 50: the rule that decides who pays in 50/50 care
If care is genuinely equal, neither parent pays. So why are you being assessed? The Child Benefit assumption, what "day-to-day care" really means, and how evidence answers it.
Read the guide → Guide 02 · The evidenceHow to prove 50/50 shared care to the CMS
The night bands, what happens when parents disagree about nights — and why no evidence means bottom of the range. The record that answers it, from a parent who logged 447 days.
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Guide 03 · Coming soon
OS v DT [2025], explained in plain English
The family court case every equal-care parent should know about — what was decided, what it changes, and what it honestly doesn't.
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