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How to get contact with your grandchildren if parents divorce or separate and will not let you see them: mediation, applying for a court order
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
Review of research evidence and statistics on grandparents who provide childcare.
Apply for a UK Ancestry visa if you're a Commonwealth citizen and can prove that one of your grandparents was born in the UK - eligibility, fees, documents, how to apply, how long it takes and how to settle
How to work out and apply the residence nil rate band (RNRB) for Inheritance Tax in different circumstances.
Paper prepared by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Inheritance Tax (IHT) is paid when a person's estate is worth more than £325,000 when they die - exemptions, passing on property. Sometimes known as death duties.
Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney
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