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How to get Inheritance Tax relief on business assets in an estate, what qualifies, giving away business property or assets
Search for unclaimed money in a Court Funds Office account - find account, get information and claim
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Widowed Parent's Allowance - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim, bereavement benefits claim form BB2.
Contact your council to find resources and support to help when you have to cope with a death
Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
How to send a deceased person's passport back to His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).
Use this form to report that an original will is lost and you’re applying for probate. You must only use this form if you're representing yourself.
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain.
Use this form to claim Bereavement Support Payment.
Complete this label and attach it to the envelope containing your last will and testament when you send it to HMCTS to be stored.
How to apply to the Court of Protection to make a will for someone who is not able to make one themselves, what forms to use, how much it costs and how the court decides
Use this form to apply to extend your stop on a probate application (known as a caveat).
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986
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 need an exhumation licence if you are removing human remains from the ground
Forms for burial or cremation authorities and funeral directors to claim back fees and specific expenses for a child burial or cremation.
Use this form to apply to stop a probate grant being issued (also known as entering a caveat) by post.
Use this form to apply to withdraw a will or codicil from storage with HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
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