Next of Kin

Running_On_Empty

Because your best friend is not responsible for you whereas your next of kin is.
This is in case something bad happens to you, an accident for example, and the university will need to tell your relatives.
If you are unmarried, your next of kin is your mother or father. You choose which one to put on the form.
If your parents are no longer living then your next of kin will be one of your brothers or sisters.
If you are married your next of kin is your husband or your wife.
If you have a child over the age of 18, they can be your next of kin.
I presume you are not British? This is how it is in Britain so it may seem strange to you if you are from another country.
Hope this helps.
If you are still confused, please contact the university and they will explain it to you.

tbs624

Running_On_Empty wrote: »

Because your best friend is not responsible for you whereas your next of kin is.

Your next of kin is not "responsible for you"

As an adult, the OP is at liberty to choose to appoint her own "next of kin" for her Uni reg form.If this a good reliable friend rather than a short term mate then there shouldn't be a problem for the OP.

Even under the MHA , the patient has the right to apply for displacement of the nearest relative.

The pdf to which I linked in the previous post is produced by Advicenow, under the Advice Services Alliance, the coordinating body for independent advice services in the UK. Advicenow is funded by the the Legal Services Commission, the Ministry Of Justice, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and the European Union.

OP - you can clarify the matter for yourself by contacting a local law centre, or communitylegaladvice.org.uk.

lincroft1710

Even though I'm not married to OH, I always put her as n-o-k, and vice versa.

Do other cohabitees find everybody automatically assumes you are husband and wife even when you refer to OH as your "partner".

RAS

lj777 wrote: »

its university registration form

Hi

You could put a GF/BF if they are in the UK, but in an emergency, the police/hospital would want to talk to someone in your family.

It is absolutely horrid to be rung in the early hours to be told that a family member has been in a car crash and the hospital need your consent to undertake major and possibly life-threatening surgery, but your parents/siblings want would to take that call rather than learning that you had made your GF/BF your NOK.

One of my cousins did the latter, and BF avoided telling her parents because he was responsible for the injuries. It was only when her life was a at risk that they contacted her parents. She had permanent and unnecessary damage.

I used to make DS my NOK.

Acton_2

Your mother's next of kin are those people or person who are the most closely related by blood. However, this is not a designation of heir, that depends on your state law, and does not apply to your step father's trust. Basically, since your mother died without a will or trust then her husband was her heir. Her husband, your step father, created a trust for his children and her children (which he did not have to do). Next of kin does not figure into this.

tbs624

Sorry Acton - noted that you are in the USA - not sure how your post relates to the OP's question, which is to do with filling in a Uni reg form here in the UK?

kalaika

lj777 wrote: »

any reasons for that?

I'd also say that a best friend shouldn't be used as a NOK in this situation as when the OP goes to university, they will meet new people and may grow apart from their friend.

I know this has happened to me and many others I know. Me and my best friends went to separate universities 10 years ago and, whilst I'm still in regular contact with them now, by the time we finished uni we were good friends but not *best* any more.