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Baby loss certificates for parents who experienced a loss of pregnancy before 24 weeks are now available for application from 9am today (22 February 2024).
Guardian's Allowance help if you're looking after a child who is not your own - rates, eligibility, how to claim, appeal a decision.
You could get Guardian’s Allowance if you’re bringing up a child whose…
The Guardian Allowance rate is: £21.75 a week per child tax-free paid on…
To get Guardian’s Allowance all of the following must apply: you’re…
To avoid losing money, claim Guardian’s Allowance as soon as the child…
If your circumstances change, your entitlement to Guardian’s Allowance…
Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.
You can make a claim to cancel (‘revoke’) or change (‘vary’) the details…
Download and fill in claim form N208. You’re known as the ‘claimant’ if…
You must advertise your claim in a newspaper local to the missing person’s…
You’ll have to attend a hearing about your claim with a High Court judge -…
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
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.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Guidance for sponsors about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
How to claim Statutory Parental Bereavement Pay and Leave: what you can get, check if you're eligible and how to claim it.
Guide for parents and legal guardians about applications to Homes for Ukraine for children who are not travelling with or joining their parent or legal guardian.
Explore the impact of parental conflict on children and young people.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
Bereaved parents who lost their partner between 9 April 2001 and 8 February 2023 may be eligible for a backdated government payment even if they no longer have dependent children.
Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like
How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
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
Impact of parental conflict on local services, including education, health and social care, court systems, and drug and alcohol services.
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
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