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The Government is introducing legislation to allow people to use video-conferencing technology for the witnessing of wills being made.
Notify the Bona Vacantia division that a person has died without leaving a will or any known blood relatives.
What the Office of the Public Guardian expects from companies that provide surety bonds to court-appointed deputies.
This toolkit provides a guide for parents and carers to make financial decisions for a young person who lacks mental capacity.
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.
This is guidance to medical practitioners on notifying deaths to the coroner.
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.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
The process when a British national dies in Switzerland, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
How to manage a bank or building society account for someone else.
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.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in South Korea, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Detailed guides for people making property and finance or health and welfare decisions under a lasting power of attorney.
The process when a British national dies in Indonesia, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Guidance on who Court of Protection visitors are and when their reports can be released.
The process when a British national dies in Turkey, including registering the death, funerals and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
The UK government's offices in India no longer issue ‘No Objection Certificate’ for marriage registrations to British nationals.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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