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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Information on requesting medical records held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for deceased service personnel.
How to apply to the Children’s Funeral Fund for help paying for a funeral for a child under 18
How to make probate applications that are exempt from using MyHMCTS.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Spain, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
Contact details of the people in child death overview panels (CDOPs) who are responsible for receiving child death notifications.
Guidance for councils about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Use the IHT419 if you have included a deduction on form IHT400 for any loans, overdrafts, or money spent on behalf of the deceased that is to be repaid out of the estate.
How to claim unclaimed estates held by the Joint Casualty and Compassionate Centre (JCCC) for deceased service personnel and veterans.
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Use form R185 (Estate Income) to advise beneficiaries about income from the estate of someone who has died.
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
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Reporting a death, wills, probate and Inheritance Tax
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