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Apply as an administrator to give someone the legal rights (‘power of attorney’) to apply for probate on your behalf (previously PA12)
Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says
Change or cancel a presumption of death certificate where there's clear evidence the missing person is still alive or that they died on a different date to what's on the certificate.
Form for medical referees to authorise the cremation of a deceased person's body. This form should be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man, and where the cr…
Form for applying for the cremation of a deceased person. This form should be used for deaths that occurred in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man and where the cremation is to take place in En…
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