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What happens if your child cannot go to school for health reasons - responsibilities of the local council and school and how medical needs are handled at school

Support and benefits you can get if you're looking after someone else's child, court orders - kinship care, private fostering, friends and family care

The law does not say an age when you can leave a child on their own, but it's an offence to leave a child alone if it puts them at risk

What happens when a child is taken into care - who is responsible for what, care proceedings, care orders, going to court and the role of Cafcass

Your rights and the support you can get if you have a disabled child, including childcare, car costs, house adaptations and education

How children's savings accounts are taxed, and the £100 limit on savings given by parents

Child Trust Fund accounts - find a lost account, how to make payments, managing the account

Who has parental responsibility for looking after children, and how to apply for parental responsibility if you were unmarried to the mother or are not on the birth certificate

Claim or deal with Child Benefit for someone else - if your child has a baby, authorisation form TC689, appointees, voluntary organisations

Child Benefit - child benefit rates, eligibility, how to claim, child benefit claim form CH2.

Use this form to ask the court to order someone to give information about where a child is or who a child is with.

Your responsibilities as litigation friend of a child with money in a Court Funds Office account - update details, statements, tax vouchers, payments

How to apply to the Children’s Funeral Fund for help paying for a funeral for a child under 18

How to set up or manage a child maintenance arrangement, including what to do if a parent does not pay, how to contact the Child Maintenance Service, and signing in to your account.

This page outlines how guests can regularise their child’s immigration status in the UK through the Ukraine Extension Scheme.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

How and when to report changes that affect your Child Benefit payments, such as earnings going above £60,000. How to update a change of address or bank details.

You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.

Form GRO 185 to apply to re-register a child's birth and add the natural father's details.

Help for children under 16 with disabilities - DLA rate, eligibility, how to apply, claim form.

The adoption process - eligibility, assessment, adoption agencies, adoption court orders, overseas adoptions and the rights of birth parents.