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Contact us
Write to us at hello@fractional.quest. For questions about MIAM preparation, talk them through with Miam, our free AI assistant. For the MIAM itself you need an authorised family mediator: only they can conduct a MIAM and sign the confirmation the court needs[1].
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01/ Email us
Get in touch
Our formal contact is hello@fractional.quest: for feedback, corrections, privacy requests or anything else about the site.
Miam Certificate Quest is a free "AI for Good" project run by the team behind Fractional Quest. We cannot give advice about your own case by email, and we cannot put you in touch with the other parent.
02/ Ask Miam
Ask Miam
For questions about MIAMs and mediation, try Miam, our AI-powered assistant. With Miam you can talk or type things through: what matters most to you, what you can agree on and what to ask the mediator. Talk to Miam.
Miam is an AI assistant and cannot provide legal advice. Miam helps you prepare for a MIAM; she cannot conduct one or sign the court form.
03/ Find a mediator
Find a mediator
For the confirmation your court application needs (often called a MIAM certificate), you need a mediator the Family Mediation Council has accredited: only FMC-accredited mediators can sign a court form to say you have been to a MIAM[2].
The Family Mediation Council’s Find your local mediator search lets you search the register by full postcode or by a mediator’s name, and filter for mediators qualified to sign court forms, those who provide mediation funded by legal aid and those offering online mediation[3]. Our guide to finding a mediator walks through it.
04/ Important notice
Important notice
Miam Certificate Quest cannot provide legal advice. For questions about your specific circumstances, we suggest an FMC-accredited mediator or a qualified family solicitor.
If you are experiencing domestic abuse, you may be exempt from the MIAM requirement: the exemption applies with evidence in one of the forms the rules list[4]. Our MIAM exemptions guide explains them, and the support lines at the end of this page are there if you need them now.
05/ Official resources
Official resources
- Family Mediation Council — “the home of regulated family mediation”; its register lists accredited family mediators and can be searched by the public[5].
- Making child arrangements if you divorce or separate — GOV.UK — government guidance on the types of court order about children, and on consent orders[6].
- Find a legal aid adviser or family mediator — GOV.UK — searches by full or partial postcode for legal aid providers in England and Wales[7].
- Cafcass — the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, which looks after the interests of children in family court cases and advises the court on what is in the child's best interests[8].
- Cafcass Cymru — GOV.WALES — part of the Welsh Government, it provides a voice for any child in Wales involved with the family justice system[9].
06/ Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can Miam issue my MIAM certificate?
Is this service free?
Is my conversation with Miam confidential?
How do I report a mistake on the site?
07/ Sources
Sources we checked
- FPR Part 3, r3.1 · GOV.UK — child arrangements/mediation
- What is a MIAM? — Family Mediation Council
- Find your local mediator — Family Mediation Council
- FPR r3.8 · PD3A
- FMC Registration — Family Mediation Council
- Apply for a court order (Making child arrangements if you divorce or separate) — GOV.UK
- Find a legal aid adviser or family mediator — GOV.UK
- Making an application: children and the family courts (CB1) — HMCTS, GOV.UK
- Information about separated parents — Cafcass Cymru, GOV.WALES · What we do — Cafcass Cymru, GOV.WALES · Information for parents and carers (private law cases) — Cafcass Cymru, GOV.WALES
- Form C100 (06.26), guidance page — HMCTS
Miam · AI preparation assistant
Walk into your MIAM ready
Talk or type it through with Miam: what matters most to you, what you can agree on, and what to ask the mediator. Miam prepares you. An authorised mediator runs the MIAM and signs the form.
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