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Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.
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Get money off your court or tribunal fees if you do not have much in savings, and get certain benefits or have a low income
The only service you can use to pay your court fine online, or by telephone using a credit or debit card.
Make a request for a social visit to someone in a prison in England and Wales
How to get married or form a civil partnership in the UK, giving notice of marriage at a register office, visas, paying fees.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Share a summary of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) with an organisation, add an LPA summary, keep track of which organisations can view an LPA summary.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
Reply to a jury summons online
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
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Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
When your husband or wife applies for divorce: how to respond, agree or disagree, start your own proceedings, court hearing, apply for a decree absolute.
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.
Apply online or with the EX160 paper form when you make your court or tribunal application. See the EX160A guidance for more details.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
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