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Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.

• Check you can get a divorce

  You can get divorced in England or Wales if all of the following are true:…

• Before you apply

  You must decide whether you want to make a joint application with your…

• How to apply

  To apply for a divorce you’ll need: yours and your husband or wife’s full…

• What happens after you apply

  What happens after you apply depends whether you applied for a divorce…

• Apply for a conditional order or decree nisi

  A conditional order and decree nisi are documents that say that the court…

• Finalise your divorce

  To end your marriage you must apply for either: a final order a decree…

• If your husband or wife lacks mental capacity

  You can apply for a divorce if your husband or wife ‘lacks mental…

Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants

• Overview

  You must decide which type of joint ownership you want if you buy, inherit…

• Check your ownership details

  You can find out what type of joint ownership you have by checking…

• Change from joint tenants to tenants in common

  This is called ‘severance of joint tenancy’. You should apply for a ‘Form…

• Change from tenants in common to joint tenants

  You need the agreement of all the other joint owners to change from being…

• Selling when an owner has lost mental capacity

  You must apply to the Court of Protection if all of the following apply:…

Guidance for Ofsted inspectors in carrying out full joint inspections of youth offending work.

• Updated: 30 August 2012

Notices of publication and a consolidated list of references of pre-Exit European Assessment Documents for construction products.

• Updated: 21 May 2025

Guidance for joint targeted area inspections (JTAIs) of the multi-agency response to children who are victims of domestic abuse.

• Updated: 17 January 2025

How to pay Inheritance Tax: get a reference number, payment methods, use the deceased's bank account, National Savings and Investments, government stock, yearly instalments.

DLUHC’s joint statement with regulatory bodies warns building owners that they need to get on with remediation work or face enforcement action.

• Updated: 26 July 2023

Check you can end your civil partnership, agree or disagree with an application, what to do if your partner lacks mental capacity

Use form JCL1 to provide a security for potential debts for a Customs Comprehensive Guarantee (CCG) from a non-financial third party guarantor.

If you jointly own property with your spouse or civil partner and want to change the split of income from it for tax purposes use Income Tax form 17.