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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
You can apply for a Parent of a Child Student visa if your child attends an independent school in the UK.
You can be prosecuted if your child has unauthorised absence from school - truancy, help with getting your child to school, and legal action to enforce school attendance
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.
How to get contact with your grandchildren if parents divorce or separate and will not let you see them: mediation, applying for a court order
Parents must register the birth in the country where the child was born - find out if you can also register the birth in the UK.
Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care
Apply for a Child Student visa to study in the UK if you're under 18 - eligibility, documents, how to apply, extend or switch, how long it takes and how much it costs
Advice for state-funded school admission authorities, independent schools, local authorities and parents.
Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling
Tell the local authority if you're worried that a child is being neglected or abused - call 999 if they’re in immediate danger
Information about employing an apprentice and how apprenticeship funding works.
Educating your child at home ('home schooling'): when to get permission, telling the school, curriculum, SEN.
How the British embassy or consulate can help, including contacting family, UK prison transfers, money transfers and complaining about mistreatment.
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
This page provides information about some of the actions you may need to take if you are a UK national living abroad and you are returning to the UK permanently.
How to apply to have your child returned if they've been abducted, or arrange contact or enforce a court order in EU, Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries
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
DNA testing can be used in child maintenance or inheritance disputes, or applications for contact with a child or for a child to settle in the UK
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