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Family and children
Family life can become demanding when several agencies are involved. Here you'll find information about contact, parental responsibility, mediation and the courts, and where you can get support. All 11 family guides are translated into English.
Support for families
Separation, parental responsibility and residence
Parental responsibility, primary residence and contact
Three terms that are often mixed up, and who decides what.
Mediation after separation
Mandatory mediation for parents with a joint child under 16.
Separation and divorce
How to apply to the County Governor, step by step.
When parents disagree: the case in court
What the court gives weight to in a parental dispute.
Parental responsibility when a parent dies
What happens to parental responsibility after a death.
International child abduction: what to do
Bufdir is the Norwegian central authority and can help.
Parenthood, adoption and cohabitation
Paternity and co-motherhood
When parenthood is established automatically, and how to declare it.
Adoption, and stepchild adoption in particular
Who can adopt, who must consent, and how to apply.
Cohabitants: inheritance, joint estate and cohabitation agreement
The rules for cohabitants, and how to protect each other.