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Separating if you have a child
There are numerous questions associated with separating or divorcing if you
have children. What support is available to separated parents or lone parents? What
do custody rights include? What do visitation rights include? Who can decide on what?
What name do I use and what name does my child use? What happens if one of the
partners remarries?
There are 8 services for Separating if you have a child
Do you receive advance maintenance payments for your child? In this case, the maintenance advance office will check annually whether all the requirements for entitlement to maintenance advance are still met.
As a single parent with at least one child in the household who is entitled to child allowance or child benefit, you can apply for the tax relief amount for single parents and thus for tax class 2.
Are you a single parent and receive no or only partial maintenance from the other parent? Then you can apply for an advance on maintenance payments under certain conditions.
Do you receive advance maintenance payments for your child and there have been changes? Then you must inform your responsible maintenance advance office immediately.
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.
Are you a single parent and receive no money or too little money from the other parent for your child? Then you can get advice and support from the youth welfare office.
You have or will have a child and the father of the child does not want to acknowledge his paternity or is unknown? Then you can get advice and support from the youth welfare office.
If you would like to get married, you can find more information about your rights and obligations in the context of marriage and marriage recognition here.
