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• Protecting children

  Overview and content list for child abuse. Get help and information about how to protect children, including information on child abuse and how to report

• What to do if someone dies abroad

  Who to contact if someone dies abroad, registering the death and making funeral arrangements including covering the costs, and whether you can claim on travel insurance

• Sorting out your home when you separate

  Get help on what happens to your home when you seperate, if your ex-partner is trying to make you leave or has left and transferring property for children

• Contacting the CMS

  Contacting the CMS Complaining about the Child Maintenance Service

• Making agreements about your children when you separate

  Find out about making child arrangements, help if your arrangements aren't working and what to do if your ex-partner is taking your children without consent

• Registering a civil partnership

  Information on how to register a civil partnership covering who can register, the cost of registering and special rules for sick and disabled people and people from abroad

• Paying child maintenance

  Information about paying child maintenance. Find out more about paying through the CMS, challenging what they say you should pay and if you owe money

• Dealing with the financial affairs of someone who has died

  Information on the role of the executor or administrator in dealing with the estate of a deceased person

• Getting child maintenance

  Information about getting child maintenance. Get help applying for CMS, challenging what they think you should get and if you're owed money

• Choosing how to arrange child maintenance

  Choosing how to arrange child maintenance Check what child maintenance arrangement is right for you