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What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
You cannot make a new application to the Child Maintenance Service if the…
How you get a child maintenance decision depends on whether the other…
You can still enforce a child maintenance decision if the other parent…
You might be able to make a new child maintenance claim instead of…
How to apply to have your child returned if they've been abducted, or arrange contact or enforce a court order in EU, Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries
Appoint a public official to act as executor of your estate if no one else can do it - the Public Trustee, Official Solicitor, fees, contact
You can appoint the Public Trustee as the executor of your estate to deal…
The Public Trustee will check whether anyone else is suitable, willing and…
Apply for the return of a child taken abroad against your wishes, to make contact with them or to enforce a court order overseas.
Form to assess whether a party has capacity to conduct legal proceedings.
Apply to the Public Trustee to find out if a tenancy has been ended after a tenant's death
Form and guidance for parents to get a child maintenance order recognised or enforced in another EU country.
Form for local authority staff to ask the authorities in another country for information or assistance in a child protection case.
Form for solicitors to provide additional information about a protected party, if the Official Solicitor is asked to be a litigation friend.
Questionnaire to give to the Official Solicitor in divorce proceedings when one party may lack litigation capacity.
Form for solicitors to complete if a protected party lacks capacity to carry out family proceedings.
Form (with practice note) for solicitors to use if a child may have a damages claim against the local authority after care proceedings.
Form and guidance for parents applying to get or change a decision on child maintenance in another EU country.
Questionnaire to help the Official Solicitor understand the issues involved when acting for a parent lacking litigation capacity.
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