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The process when a British national dies in Germany, including registering the death, funerals and cremations, and bringing the person’s body to the UK.
Use the online service to update details of an estate, authorise an agent, or close an estate.
Detailed guides for people making property and finance or health and welfare decisions under a lasting power of attorney.
Many UK-based organisations can offer assistance, support and information to those affected by a death abroad.
Find out the methods available for paying your deputyship fees.
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for financial decisions.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK
How to make a summary decision on court costs in a fast track case or after a short hearing lasting up to a day.
How to manage a bank or building society account for someone else.
What the Office of the Public Guardian expects from companies that provide surety bonds to court-appointed deputies.
Information for UK nationals on how to order copies of Portuguese birth, death or marriage online certificates.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
This toolkit provides a guide for parents and carers to make financial decisions for a young person who lacks mental capacity.
Find out about the help you can get in the UK and abroad, including from victim support and the local British embassy or consulate.
This guide gives advice about the death of a British person in Malawi, including information on burial, cremation and repatriation.
A good practice framework for local partnerships to consider when developing protocols for the response when an adult goes missing from a health or care setting.
The differences of marriage validity rules in the UK for Brazilian nationals.
What to do first if you're acting for someone under a lasting power of attorney for health and care decisions.
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