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Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.
The Government is introducing legislation to allow people to use video-conferencing technology for the witnessing of wills being made.
What the Office of the Public Guardian expects from companies that provide surety bonds to court-appointed deputies.
This guide will help you consider your options when looking for divorce services.
This is guidance to medical practitioners on notifying deaths to the coroner.
The process when a British national dies in Greece, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Turkey, including registering the death, funerals and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Germany, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Detailed guides for people making property and finance or health and welfare decisions under a lasting power of attorney.
Find out how OPG contacts customers and what to do if you are worried a call, email or message is not genuine.
Many UK-based organisations can offer assistance, support and information to those affected by a death abroad.
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for health and care decisions.
Information for UK nationals on how to order copies of Portuguese birth, death or marriage online certificates.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
This guidance explains how to fix an inconsistency relating to your name, as a UK national in Italy, so you can prove your identity to access local services.
How the death certification process in England and Wales will change from 9 September 2024, including the introduction of medical examiners.
Find out about the help you can get in the UK and abroad, including from victim support and the local British embassy or consulate.
A letter for British nationals getting married in the Netherlands who are asked by Dutch authorities for a declaration of single status.
How to manage a bank or building society account for someone else.
Information to assist those bereaved following the death of a British national in Canada.
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