Advice

We provide a free telephone advice service on all aspects of Scots law relating to children and young people.  We can talk to you about issues like education, health, social work, divorce, residence, contact, children's rights, youth offenders and access to files.

If you are under 18 and want to talk to someone about how the law affects you, call our freephone advice line on 0800 328 8970, text free to 'sclc' and your question to 80800

If you are a parent, relative or carer, a professional who works with or for children and have a question about any aspect of child law you can call us on 0131 667 6333.

You can also contact us by filling in our contact form.

Our advice line is open Mon to Fri 9.30am - 4pm.

All calls are confidential.  To find out more, please see our confidentiality policy.

The Scottish Child Law Centre seeks to ensure that the information published on its website is up to date and accurate. However, the information on the website does not constitute legal or professional advice and the Scottish Child Law Centre cannot accept any liability for actions arising from its use. The Scottish Child Law Centre cannot be held responsible for the contents of any pages referenced by an external link.

Any personal data collected through this website will be treated as confidential in line with the principles of the Data Protection Act 1998.