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Bereavement Support Payment is money you can get if your partner dies - how it works, eligibility, what you'll get, how to claim.
How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.
Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
Using a registered lasting power of attorney (LPA) - attorney duties, starting to act, gifting, ending, revoking an attorney.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Order or search online for a copy of a decree absolute or final order if you want to remarry or prove your marital status.
How to open a Junior ISA for your child - including managing and adding money to an account.
Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate
The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone鈥檚 property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
Find out how to register a death in the UK or abroad
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Find out how to get the documents you鈥檒l need to get married or form a civil partnership overseas and how much they鈥檒l cost.
Apply to become an appointee for someone claiming benefits - how to apply, stop being an appointee
Check if your council offers free early education and childcare
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
How to update the property records and transfer a registered property when someone dies using forms DJP, AS1 and AP1.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
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