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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
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption, if you live in the UK.
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
How to stop being an attorney under a lasting power of attorney (LPA).
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
Apply to pay less for Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) deputy assessment and supervision fees.
Complete this label and attach it to the envelope containing your last will and testament when you send it to HMCTS to be stored.
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
What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account after your 18th birthday
Declaration confirming that there are no legal reasons why you should not be married in Italy.
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
Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council
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
If you're a sperm donor, you could be the legal parent of any child that is born
Use these forms in your online application for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) and marital status certificate (MSC) to get married in Spain.
Self declaration form and accompanying notes for British nationals to get married or register a civil partnership (PACS) in France. For use in place of certificates of celibacy and custom.
Use this form to apply to extend your stop on a probate application (known as a caveat).
Forms for court-appointed deputies to report actions taken on behalf of their clients in the past year.
Search for the will of a soldier who died while serving in the British armed forces between 1850 and 1986
Forms to object to the registration of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) or an enduring power of attorney (EPA).
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