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When someone dies: the paperwork

The words you'll hear when registering a death and after.

Has the medical certificate been sent to the register office yet?

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Registering the death5

  1. Has the medical certificate been sent to the register office?The medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) comes from the doctor, after a medical examiner has checked it.
  2. The death's been referred to the coronerThis happens when a death was sudden or unexplained.
  3. I need to book an appointment to register the deathWith the register office.
  4. How many copies of the death certificate should I get?Banks, pension providers and insurers often want certified copies.
  5. Can I use Tell Us Once?The registrar can give you a reference number so one report reaches many government departments (benefits, tax, passport, driving licence).

The funeral5

  1. Here's the green formThe registrar's certificate for burial or cremation.
  2. We've chosen a funeral directorThe firm that looks after the body and arranges the funeral.
  3. We'd like a direct cremationA cremation with no service.
  4. We want to repatriate him to NigeriaSending the body home.
  5. Can I get help with funeral costs?If you're on certain benefits you may get a Funeral Expenses Payment.

Money and the estate5

  1. Did she leave a will? Who's the executor?The executor is the person named in the will to deal with the money and property.
  2. We need to apply for probateThe legal permission to deal with the estate.
  3. What's in the estate?'The estate' means everything they owned, minus their debts.
  4. Was that debt in joint names?Debts are paid out of the estate.
  5. Could I speak to your bereavement team?Banks, energy and phone companies have dedicated teams.
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Part of Talk's themed British life packs. Talk wrote each phrase with what it really means, when to say it, what not to say instead and one quiz question. A phrase gets a moment only if Talk's spoken videos say it with the same meaning. One review picked each moment, and a second tried to reject it. This pack holds 15 phrases.
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