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Changing an inheritance after death (a 'variation') and how it can affect amounts of Inheritance and Capital Gains tax due
Forms and guidance to register an enduring power of attorney (EPA).
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
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Make an urgent or emergency application to get permission to make decisions for someone who lacks mental capacity including interim applications for people applying to be a deputy
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Legal rights for intended parents and surrogates; how legal parenthood is transferred; children born outside the UK; pay and leave rights
Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner
Check the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office created an Apostille - verify a legalised document
Forms and guidance to register a lasting power of attorney (LPA) made using forms LP PA, LP PW, LPA114 or LPA117.
Contact your council to find resources and support to help when you have to cope with a death
Contact information for the National Records of Scotland
You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
Apply through your local council for short-term ('respite') care for your sick or disabled child to enable you to have a break from caring
Giving people permission to make decisions about your money and property - how to use, register or cancel an enduring power of attorney
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
Apply to adopt a child through your local council if you are 21 or over and can offer a stable home to a child
Check you can end your civil partnership, agree or disagree with an application, what to do if your partner lacks mental capacity
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