Stages of life

Summary

Find out how to navigate your rights at important times in your life. Getting free one-to-one advice about family law is not always easy. All advice services are extremely busy. We are here to help everyone who cannot get in at an advice service and cannot afford to pay for legal help. We give you the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need to deal with the issue yourself, or with the help of friends or family. If you need more help and support than you can get from our advice guides, we explain how to find advice about domestic abuse.

Key information

• Find out how to navigate your rights at important times in your life.
• Chosen for you Birth Find out about birth, including your right to different kinds of maternity care, surrogacy, how to register a birth, and birth certificates.  Chosen for you Death Understand how to register a death and get a death certificate.  Information Divorce or separation What you need to understand and do at each step.  Chosen for you Funerals Find out about options and costs for burials, cremations and funerals.  Chosen for you Gender reassignment Your rights if you are waiting for or have undergone gender reassignment.  Information Living together How to protect each other whatever the future holds.  Chosen for you Marriage and civil partnership Understand the rules about getting married or forming a civil partnership.  Chosen for you Names Find out how to change your name, or if you can change a child's name.  Chosen for you Powers of attorney Find out how to authorise someone else to make decisions about your property and financial affairs or your health and personal welfare, on your behalf.  Chosen for you Wills and trusts Learn how to make a will, set up a trust or deal with an estate. 
• Getting free one-to-one advice about family law is not always easy. All advice services are extremely busy. We are here to help everyone who cannot get in at an advice service and cannot afford to pay for legal help.
• We give you the knowledge, confidence, and skills you need to deal with the issue yourself, or with the help of friends or family. If you need more help and support than you can get from our advice guides, we explain how to find advice about domestic abuse.

Practical guidance

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