Family breakdown is hard. Working out what to do next shouldn't be.
Accord helps you understand your situation, decide how you want to handle it, and either prepares you to handle it yourself or connects you to someone who can.
Free to use. Built by someone who has been through the family courts, for people going through it now.
How it works
Three steps. No legal knowledge required.
Tell us what’s happening
Answer a few questions about your situation. No legal jargon, no trick questions. We work out which areas of family law apply.
Understand your options
Accord shows you the routes available, talking it out, mediation, a written agreement, or court, and what each one involves. You choose.
Prepare what you need
Whether you're drafting a cohabitation agreement, preparing for mediation, or filing at court, Accord generates the documents and tracks the deadlines. If you want a professional eye, GLEAN connects you to one.
From the conversation you haven't had yet to
the hearing you hope you won't need.
Ten areas, one case. Work through whichever apply to you.
Working out what to do
Most family disputes don't need a court. Accord helps you understand where you stand legally, what your real options are, and what each route involves, talking it through, mediation, a written agreement, or applying to court. Once you know what you're aiming for, we help you prepare for it.
Rights and claims for unmarried couples
No such thing as common law marriage in England and Wales. Accord guides you through cohabitation agreements before things get difficult, and through TOLATA property claims and Schedule 1 applications for children of unmarried parents if they do.
Protecting what matters before and after marriage
Draft prenuptial or postnuptial agreements with step-by-step guidance. Accord's enforceability checker scores your agreement against the Radmacher v Granatino criteria so you know where you stand.
Reaching agreement on finances
Work out a financial settlement you both accept, then put it on paper. Accord helps you draft a consent order and a D81 statement of information that the court can approve without a hearing. If you reach agreement, you don't need to fight for it.
Reaching agreement on children
A parenting plan sets out arrangements for the children, contact, schools, holidays, decisions, without needing the court involved. Accord walks you through what to think about and generates a written plan you can both sign.
Getting through your divorce
Understand no-fault divorce, track your application from petition to decree absolute, and know when each stage is due. Accord handles the timeline so you can focus on the bigger decisions.
Financial remedy at court
If agreement isn't possible, Accord walks you through Form A, Form E disclosure, FDA and FDR preparation, settlement modelling, open proposals, and Calderbank offers. Court deadlines, correspondence, and a paginated bundle, all in one place.
Children at court
Apply for a child arrangements order with a guided C100 wizard. Accord checks whether you need a MIAM exemption, walks you through the welfare checklist, and generates your C1A if harm allegations apply.
Contact for grandparents
Most grandparents need the court's permission before they can even apply for contact. Accord checks whether you need leave, guides you through the C2 application, and helps you build your witness statement and evidence.
Cross-form tools
D81 auto-populates from your Form E answers. Form H calculates your costs estimate for FDR hearings with live totals and VAT. No re-entering the same figures twice.
You won't need to figure out
which document goes where.
Whether you're drafting an agreement, preparing for mediation, or filing at court, Accord generates the right document for the route you've chosen. Formatted properly. Filled in from what you've told us.
Start your caseWant to talk to someone who can help?
GLEAN is our vetted network of family law professionals, family mediators, and support specialists. Each credentialed in their field, each working with you on a fixed-fee basis. No retainers. No ongoing commitments.
Get your documents checked
A family solicitor reads what you've prepared in Accord and tells you what to fix.
Mediate
A family mediator helps you and your ex-partner reach agreement without going to court.
Get support
A family coach or specialist support worker helps you think through what you actually want, separately from the legal mechanics.
GLEAN is being built carefully. We won't list a professional you can't verify, and we won't route you to anyone whose credentials we haven't checked.
Register your interestNot sure where to start? Ask Gio.
Gio is Accord's built-in assistant. Ask anything, what a term means, what a hearing is like, what your options actually are, what someone in your position usually does next.
Gio explains things in plain language and never pretends to give legal advice. When something needs a solicitor, a mediator, or a support specialist, Gio tells you and points you to GLEAN.
Built with the reality of family breakdown in mind.
Family breakdown affects everyone who goes through it. It also affects people unevenly. Financial control, post-separation harassment, and coercive behaviour fall disproportionately on women, and the family court system has a long history of handling these patterns badly.
Accord is built with that in mind. It is also built for everyone going through this, including men, fathers, grandparents, and non-resident parents, because separating from a partner you share children with is hard for all of them, and the system isn't designed for any of them either.
Your ex-partner cannot see your data
Every account is private. We do not match accounts to each other.
Safety checks built into the journey
If you tell us your situation has changed, the product responds. We check in periodically about your safety, because situations change.
Real numbers when you need them
If you're in immediate danger, call 999.
National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247
Free, confidential, 24 hours a day
Men's Advice Line: 0808 801 0327
Free, confidential, Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
GLEAN routes you to specialists
If your situation needs more than a document, GLEAN can connect you to a domestic abuse advocate, a family mediator trained in DA-aware practice, or a family solicitor who handles these cases regularly.
Already working with a professional?
If you have a solicitor, a McKenzie Friend, or a mediator, Accord helps you arrive at every meeting prepared. The financial details, key dates, and children's information you've entered are all organised and ready to share.
They spend less time chasing paperwork. You spend less on time you're billed for.
Professionals can access everything you've prepared through GL Adviser, our companion platform for family law firms, mediators, and in-house teams.
GL Adviser is currently in private beta. Register your interest to get early access.
Register interest →You do not have to
face this alone.
Free to use. No credit card, no time limits. Built by someone who spent years in the family courts, for people who shouldn't have to spend years there themselves.