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This guidance outlines options to consider and who to contact if your child has been taken or kept abroad by their other parent or a relative without your permission.
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
Get a free permit to join family from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein in the UK - check if you’re eligible, documents you need to apply.
The survey aims to find out about the experiences of mothers during the different stages of their maternity care.
How to make arrangements for your children if you divorce or separate, mediation and how to apply for a court order if you cannot agree.
This Insights covers child undernutrition in Africa, the need for greater donor investment and nutrition for mothers and children
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing inherited goods into the UK.
Tell the local authority if you're worried that a child is being neglected or abused - call 999 if they’re in immediate danger
Your Statutory Adoption Pay and Leave - what you get, how to claim and eligibility
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Annual summary statistics on live births and stillbirths by sex, whether inside marriage or civil partnership, percentage of non-UK-born mothers, birth rates; live births by age of mother and by mothers' area of usual residence.
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
Find out about residential and nursing care homes, paying for care homes and how to choose a care home.
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