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You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Check you can end your civil partnership, agree or disagree with an application, what to do if your partner lacks mental capacity
Contact details for the General Register Office for Northern Ireland
How to stop being an attorney under a lasting power of attorney (LPA).
If there are any errors on a marriage or civil partnership certificate you can correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what…
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
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.
Find out how to convert a same-sex civil partnership into a marriage, costs, converting abroad.
Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council.
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.
What to do if you or someone you know is being forced into getting married, how you can try to stop the marriage from taking place, and what to do if you want to leave a forced marriage
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
Application form and guidance notes on how to remove the wrong fathers details from a birth registration.
Use this form to claim Bereavement Support Payment.
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Complete this label and attach it to the envelope containing your last will and testament when you send it to HMCTS to be stored.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK.
What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account after your 18th birthday
Appealing to a Mental Health Tribunal if you're sectioned: how to appeal, what happens at a hearing and what to do if you lose your case
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