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This guidance has been written to help the donor avoid making errors when they fill out a lasting power of attorney (LPA) form.
The Office of the Public Guardian's approach to family care payments, also known as gratuitous care payments.
The process when a British national dies in Portugal, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Find out how to get help if you have concerns that someone is being abused or neglected under a lasting power of attorney, enduring power of attorney or deputy court order.
Find out the methods available for paying your deputyship fees.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in the Philippines, including guidance on residency, healthcare, civil registration and more.
Find contact details of panel deputies available to support people who lack mental capacity.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Thailand, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in France, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
What British nationals need to do to get married in Japan, including what documents you need.
What British nationals need to do to get married in China, including what documents you need.
How to arrange a consular civil partnership, including giving notice, what to bring to the ceremony and which countries offer the service.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in the Czech Republic, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
An HMPPS Policy Framework for working with domestic abuse that takes account of a range of domestic abuse contexts and the need to protect victims and children.
This toolkit provides a guide for parents and carers to make financial decisions for a young person who lacks mental capacity.
This guidance sets out the Public Guardian’s position on a number of issues related to fixed costs charged by professional and public authority deputies
How you can request to search the Public Guardian registers and request additional information.
Statutory and operational guidance for clinical commissioning groups and local authorities as child death review partners.
Find out about making investments for someone who does not have mental capacity.
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