This book is a product of the ESRC-funded study ‘Mapping Paths to Family Justice’ (2011–2014). Anne Barlow (University of Exeter) was the Principal Investigator on the project, with Rosemary Hunter (then University of Kent, now Queen Mary University of London) and Janet Smithson ( University of Exeter) as Co-Investigators. Jan Ewing was employed on the project as a Research Associate at the University of Kent and later also at the University of Exeter. Their respective contributions to the writing of the book were: Rosemary Hunter – 50 per cent, Anne Barlow – 30 per cent, Jan Ewing – 10 per cent, and Janet Smithson – 10 per cent. A follow-on project, ‘Creating Paths to Family Justice’, funded by an ESRC impact accelerator award, is being conducted from the University of Exeter by Anne Barlow and Jan Ewing.