Breakup with a child

• Parental responsibility for minor children

  Here you will find information on your rights and obligations regarding birth, child maintenance obligations in cross-border family situations, as well as information on surrogacy and adoption.

• Rules and recognition of marriage

  If you wish to get married, you will find more detailed information here about your rights and obligations regarding marriage and the recognition of marriage.

• Child maintenance - apply for determination in simplified proceedings

  For a minor child of separated parents, appropriate maintenance can be demanded from the parent obligated to pay child support.

• Apply for reimbursement of expenses for voluntary guardianship
• Pursuing alimony claims against a person living abroad

  If the other parent lives abroad and does not pay child support, you can receive assistance from the youth welfare office's Beistandschaft (officially appointed custodial agency) and the local district court.

• Check maintenance claims against a person living abroad

  If the other parent lives abroad and does not pay child support, you can receive assistance from the youth welfare office (Beistandschaft) and the local court, and have the child support obligation examined and, if necessary, officially certified.

• Enforcing child support claims in Germany for a child living abroad through the courts

  If the other parent obliged to pay maintenance lives in Germany and you want to claim maintenance for your child living abroad, you can have this claim enforced through the courts.

• Determination of maintenance claim arising from birth

  As an unmarried mother, you can claim maintenance from the father of the child on the occasion of the birth of your joint child.

• Application for the return of the child, temporary injunction

  The right of personal care includes the right to demand the surrender of the child from anyone who withholds it from the parents or one parent.

• Forwarding of maintenance claims against persons living abroad

  If the other parent lives abroad and does not pay child support, you can receive assistance from the child maintenance assistance service (Beistandschaft) as well as the local district court (Amtsgericht).