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Forms for court-appointed deputies to report actions taken on behalf of their clients in the past year.
Forms to object to the registration of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) or an enduring power of attorney (EPA).
Use this form to apply to withdraw a will or codicil from storage with HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).
You need an exhumation licence if you are removing human remains from the ground
If you're a sperm donor, you could be the legal parent of any child that is born
Use this form to apply to stop a probate grant being issued (also known as entering a caveat) by post.
Forms for burial or cremation authorities and funeral directors to claim back fees and specific expenses for a child burial or cremation.
Download an affirmation or affidavit to prove you're free to get married in Turkey. For British nationals living in the UK.
Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.
Application form to get your birth certificate information from before your adoption. Use this form if you do not live in the UK.
Apply as an administrator to give someone the legal rights (‘power of attorney’) to apply for probate on your behalf (previously PA12)
Deal with the Tax Credit office for someone else - authorisation, TC689 authorisation form, appointees, if your child has a baby
Declaration confirming that there are no legal reasons why you should not be married in Italy.
Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says
How to stop being an attorney under an enduring power of attorney (EPA).
Use form GRO 187 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the second female parent's details.
What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account when you recover your mental capacity.
Use form LA186 to re-register your child’s birth following the marriage or civil partnership of the mother and the second female parent.
Download a notice and an affirmation so you can apply for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) from the British Embassy Sofia by post.
Form for applying for the cremation of a deceased person. This form should be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and where the cremation is to take place in En…
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