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Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.
Guardian's Allowance help if you're looking after a child who is not your own - rates, eligibility, how to claim, appeal a decision.
How to open a Junior ISA for your child - including managing and adding money to an account.
Claim or deal with Child Benefit for someone else - if your child has a baby, authorisation form TC689, appointees, voluntary organisations
Child Tax Credits if you're responsible for one child or more - how much you get, eligibility, claim tax credits
What Tax-Free Childcare is, eligibility and how to apply
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
Information for local partnerships on the Child House model of support for children and young people affected by sexual abuse.
An overview of Ofsted's registration process for adoption agencies, fostering agencies, children’s homes, residential family centres and residential holiday schemes for disabled children.
Apply for British citizenship if you have a British parent - who's eligible, fees and how to apply
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 for a Start-up visa if you've been endorsed for a business idea: eligibility, documents, switch to this visa, bring your family.
What happens to benefits if you or someone in your family goes to prison or is on remand.
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
What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass
Child Trust Fund accounts - find a lost account, how to make payments, managing the account
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Information on childcare for service families within the UK and overseas.
Form to claim extra benefit or tax credits for a child conceived without your consent, if they are your third or subsequent child.
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