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• Death and wills

  Death and wills What to do after a death Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died Arranging a funeral Complaining about a funeral Making a will Who can inherit if there is no will – the rules of intestacy What to do if someone dies abroad

• Who can inherit if there is no will – the rules of intestacy

  or civil partners inherit under the rules of intestacy only if they are actually married or in a civil partnership at the time of death. So if you are divorced or if your civil partnership has been

• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  passed to surviving relatives and friends, either according to instructions in the will, or if the person dies without leaving a will, according to certain legal rules called the rules of intestacy

• Family

  for the benefit of children Death and wills What to do after a death Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died Arranging a funeral Complaining about a funeral Making a will Who can inherit

• What to do after a death

  What to do after a death This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales What happens, and things you might need to think

• Making

  a civil partnership cannot inherit from each other unless there is a will, so the death of one partner may create serious financial problems for the remaining partner if you have children, you

• What to do if someone dies abroad

  . If you're notified about the death by someone else, for example a tour operator, you should phone the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) who'll be able to keep you informed and help

• Your right to life

  a positive obligation to protect your daughter's life under article 2. If they fail to take steps to protect her and this results in her death, it may be a breach of her right to life. Duty

• Arranging a funeral

  by arrangement with a local firm of funeral directors. Arranging a funeral without a funeral director You can arrange a funeral without a funeral director. If you want to do this, the Natural Death Centre

• Parental bereavement leave - what you're entitled to and how to get

  all the leave within 56 weeks of your child’s death.  You can take your parental bereavement leave as either one block of 2 weeks or 2 separate weeks. If your partner is also entitled to parental