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How to create an MyHMCTS organisation account to manage, submit and pay for certain civil, family and tribunal cases.
How we treat your personal information and how to check what details we hold about you at HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to separate from your partner without divorcing them.
Information for landlords in England on tenant eviction: assured shorthold tenancies, including eviction notices, Section 21, Section 8, accelerated possession, possession orders, bailiffs
Use this form to ask the Central Family Court to search for a decree absolute or final order.
Forms and guidance on probate including fees, where to send your probate forms (PA1A and PA1P) and supplementary forms to support your application.
DNA testing can be used in child maintenance or inheritance disputes, or applications for contact with a child or for a child to settle in the UK
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 This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.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're the parent or guardian of a child aged 18 and under, use these forms to put their new name on public record by 'enrolling' it at the Royal Courts of Justice. Includes guidance note (for minors).
How to use the Money Claim Online (MCOL) service
Statutory demands are a formal way of asking for a debt to be paid - get the forms to send, cancel or set aside a statutory demand.
The full list of fee orders relating to civil and family proceedings.
Find out about single justice procedure notices and how you should respond.
Form N5B England: Claim possession of a property located wholly in England (accelerated procedure).
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
Ask for permission to start proceedings, or to request an order or directions in existing proceedings, or to ask to join or leave proceedings.
Judges can use this form to give instructions ('directions') to both parties in small claims cases.
Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
Addresses and contact details for employment tribunal offices and hearing centres in England, Wales and Scotland.
Apply for a Gender Recognition Certificate to legally change your gender.
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