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How to object to the registration of a lasting or enduring power of attorney - including forms and fees
How to apply to have your child returned if they've been abducted, or arrange contact or enforce a court order in EU, Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
Parents can get in trouble with the law if their child gets arrested - find out about parenting programmes, Parenting Contracts and Parenting Orders
Where and how to register a stillbirth, who can register it, financial support you may be able to get and support organisations
What happens to money in your Court Funds Office account after your 18th birthday
Appealing to a Mental Health Tribunal if you're sectioned: how to appeal, what happens at a hearing and what to do if you lose your case
Forms and guidance for making statutory declarations when applying for a Gender Recognition Certificate.
Complete this label and attach it to the envelope containing your last will and testament when you send it to HMCTS to be stored.
Self declaration form and accompanying notes for British nationals to get married or register a civil partnership (PACS) in France. For use in place of certificates of celibacy and custom.
Use these forms in your online application for a certificate of no impediment (CNI) and marital status certificate (MSC) to get married in Spain.
If you're a sperm donor, you could be the legal parent of any child that is born
You need an exhumation licence if you are removing human remains from the ground
How to apply to the Court of Protection to make a will for someone who is not able to make one themselves, what forms to use, how much it costs and how the court decides
Apply to foster a child through the social services department of your local council.
Forms for court-appointed deputies to report actions taken on behalf of their clients in the past year.
Manage money in a Court Funds Office account for someone if you're authorised by the Court of Protection - interest, statements, investments, deposits, withdrawals, closing an account and complaints
Appoint a public official to act as executor of your estate if no one else can do it - the Public Trustee, Official Solicitor, fees, contact
Forms to object to the registration of a lasting power of attorney (LPA) or an enduring power of attorney (EPA).
Use this form to apply to extend your stop on a probate application (known as a caveat).
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