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  • How the death of your partner affects your benefits, tax and pension. What you can claim and who to tell about your change of circumstances.

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

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

  • How to get Inheritance Tax relief on business assets in an estate, what qualifies, giving away business property or assets

  • Correct the original registration with the register office or GRO - find out what corrections can be made, who can apply, how long it takes, what they look like

  • Parents' Learning Allowance for full-time students with children - funding, apply, eligibility.

  • How you can have a marriage annulled, the reasons you can give for annulling a marriage and the forms you will need to apply for an annulment. This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.

  • If you were adopted you can access your birth records or get on the Adoption Contact Register to find birth relatives - how to apply, forms and information for birth relatives

  • Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office

  • Contact the Office of the Public Guardian if you have concerns about an attorney, deputy, guardian or a decision they've made for someone else

  • Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.

  • Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance

  • Help someone make decisions if they appoint you or if they lack mental capacity - includes using a power of attorney, becoming a deputy and getting a one-off Court of Protection ruling

  • How to contact the Court Funds Office - email, phone, address, complaints

  • Find out what you need to do if you're coming to the UK to get married. Find out what visa to apply for, and what you need to do before you visit.

  • Forms and guidance to register a lasting power of attorney (LPA) made using forms LP PA, LP PW, LPA114 or LPA117.

  • How to divorce or end a civil partnership if your partner’s gone missing, you do not know their whereabouts or they are presumed dead

  • Guardian's Allowance help if you're looking after a child who is not your own - rates, eligibility, how to claim, appeal a decision.

  • If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate

  • 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