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Apply to pay less for Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) deputy assessment and supervision fees.
What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account after your 18th birthday
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
Appealing to a Mental Health Tribunal if you're sectioned: how to appeal, what happens at a hearing and what to do if you lose your case
Application form and guidance notes on how to remove the wrong fathers details from a birth registration.
Complete this label and attach it to the envelope containing your last will and testament when you send it to HMCTS to be stored.
Parents can get in trouble with the law if their child gets arrested - find out about parenting programmes, Parenting Contracts and Parenting Orders
Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council.
How to apply to the Court of Protection to make a will for someone who is not able to make one themselves, what forms to use, how much it costs and how the court decides
Children under 10 who break the law can be given a Local Child Curfew, a Child Safety Order or can be taken into care
Leaving foster or local council care - support from your council, review meetings and financial help
Forms and guidance for making statutory declarations when applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate.
Self declaration form and accompanying notes for British nationals to get married or register a civil partnership (PACS) in France. For use in place of certificates of celibacy and custom.
Use this form to apply to extend your stop on a probate application (known as a caveat).
Use these forms in your online application for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) and marital status certificate (MSC) to get married in Spain.
Forms for court-appointed deputies to report actions taken on behalf of their clients in the past year.
Appoint a public official to act as executor of your estate if no one else can do it - the Public Trustee, Official Solicitor, fees, contact
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986
Refunds for application fees for lasting power of attorneys and enduring power of attorneys
You need an exhumation licence if you are removing human remains from the ground
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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