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How to report a person who's gone missing or a child who's run away - including if you lose contact while they're abroad
What to do if a British national goes missing abroad, reporting it to the police and how the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and others can help.
Manage the finances or property of a missing person, someone kidnapped or taken hostage, or in a foreign prison and not able to communicate. Apply to the High Court to be a guardian. You'll need a guardianship order.
You can apply to be a guardian and manage the finances or property of…
You can apply if you’re the missing person’s: husband, wife or civil…
You can make a claim yourself or use a legal representative. Fill in the…
You must pay either: a £528 application fee if you apply to the Chancery…
The court will send copies of your form back to you, with ‘acknowledgement…
The guardianship order will tell you when you can start to make decisions…
The Office of the Public Guardian will supervise you while you act as a…
You must keep financial records and accounts. Follow the rules for gifts…
You must write a report for the Office of the Public Guardian each year…
You must apply to the High Court if you need to change your guardianship,…
Your guardianship ends automatically if one of the following things…
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
The graves of three World War One soldiers, from Somerset, London and Staffordshire, have now been marked more than a century after their deaths.
Many UK-based organisations can offer assistance, support and information to those affected by a death abroad.
Emotional and practical support for bereaved families and loved ones is available from government departments and approved charities.
Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Mexico, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Guidance to provide assistance to applicants, guardians, organisations and courts when dealing with the affairs of missing people.
Family members of police officers, firefighters and other public servants who have died in public service will be recognised by a new emblem.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The Missing Children and Adults strategy focuses on vulnerable people who go missing within England and Wales.
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