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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
How children's savings accounts are taxed, and the 拢100 limit on savings given by parents
Acting as an attorney - duties, including finding an enduring power of attorney, registering an EPA, starting to act, making gifts and stopping being an attorney
What to do if you need to get child maintenance and one of the parents lives abroad.
Forms and guidance to register an enduring power of attorney (EPA).
Widowed Parent's Allowance - what you'll get, eligibility, how to claim, bereavement benefits claim form BB2.
Contact information for the National Records of Scotland
Foster carers look after children when their parents are not able to - becoming a foster carer, money and support available, fostering agencies, foster parents
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
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
Apply to pay less for Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) deputy assessment and supervision fees.
Search for Sure Start Children's Centres near to your home to find out about daycare and parenting advice
Childcare for your children before and after school - after-school clubs, breakfast clubs, homework clubs, childminders
Apply to settle in the UK if your partner dies and you're in the UK as their dependant or partner
Contact your council to find resources and support to help when you have to cope with a death
Check the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office created an Apostille - verify a legalised document
Check you can end your civil partnership, agree or disagree with an application, what to do if your partner lacks mental capacity
Search for unclaimed money in a Court Funds Office account - find account, get information and claim
How to send a deceased person's passport back to His Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO).
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