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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
This resource pack highlights examples of best practice and helps ensure that effective support is available to victims of forced marriage.
Get social media content, images, and newsletter information to support the Office of the Public Guardian's Your Voice, Your Decision campaign.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Mexico, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Organisations and professionals can use an online service provided by the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) to view a summary of a lasting power of attorney (LPA).
Information to help the friends and family of British nationals who have died in India.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Nigeria, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in Egypt.
This guide gives information on the general law that governs family and property relations in Bahrain.
Find contact details of panel guardians
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in The Gambia, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
The process when a British national dies in Andorra, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Information to help the family and friends of British nationals who have died in China.
If a British national dies in Iran, find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
The process when a British national dies in Austria, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Technical guidance on the Children's Funeral Fund for England.
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