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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
Review of research evidence and statistics on grandparents who provide childcare.
Find out who is entitled to a share of someone’s property, possessions and money if they die without making a will
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
Find out if you are an entitled relative and how to claim an estate from the Bona Vacantia division.
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
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.
How to provide evidence that you're a family member of someone from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein or a person of Northern Ireland.
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