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Marriage, civil partnership and divorce

Getting married

• Get married or form a civil partnership in England or Wales: step by step
• Marriages and civil partnerships in England and Wales
• Getting married abroad
• Come to the UK to get married
• Order a commemorative marriage certificate
• Change your name by deed poll
• Convert a same sex civil partnership into a marriage
• Forced marriage
• Order a copy of a birth, death or marriage certificate

Getting separated or divorced

• Separating or divorcing: what you need to do
• Get a legal separation
• Annul a marriage
• Divorce or end a civil partnership if your partner is missing
• Get a copy of a decree absolute or final order
• Money and property when a relationship ends
• Get a divorce
• End a civil partnership
• Visas when you separate or divorce
• Contact with your grandchild if their parents divorce or separate

Child maintenance

• Making a child maintenance arrangement
• Manage your Child Maintenance Service case

Help and support if you have children

• Childcare Grant
• Sure Start Maternity Grant
• Childcare out of school hours
• Find a Sure Start Children's Centre
• The law on leaving your child on their own

Births, deaths, marriages and care

A to Z

• Certificates, register offices, changes of name or gender

  Birth certificates, registering a death, marriage, family history and correcting certificates

• Child Benefit

  Information about eligibility, claiming and when Child Benefit stops

• Death and bereavement

  Reporting a death, wills, probate and Inheritance Tax

• Having a child, parenting and adoption

  Legal rights, birth certificates, parental rights and child maintenance

• Lasting power of attorney, being in care and your financial affairs

  Includes dealing with benefits, taxes and leaving care

• Marriage, civil partnership and divorce

  Includes getting married abroad, decree absolutes and looking after children

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