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• Making a will

  Information about making a will and how to change or end a will. How to protect your will against being challenged

• Arranging a funeral

  How funerals are arranged, what services you can expect to get from a funeral director and how to get help with paying

• Who can inherit if there's no will

  Information on who can and cannot inherit if someone dies without making a will. Covers married couples, civil partners, children and other relatives

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance.

• Pensions - income drawdown

  What income drawdown (pension withdrawal) means, how it works and who it's suitable

• Living together and marriage - legal differences

  Differences between how the law treats married and cohabiting couples including financial matters, responsibility for children and housing

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

  Find out if you're entitled to parental bereavement pay, and how to arrange it with your employer

• Complaining to an ombudsman

  How to use an ombudsman to investigate a complaint about maladministration in public and private sector organisations