• If you as parents earn enough income for yourself, but the income is not enough or only just enough for the whole family, you can apply for the child supplement.

  • If you have a child, you can claim child benefit.

  • The following data are recorded in the birth register:

    • the first names and surnames of the child,
    • place, day and hour of birth and the sex of the child,
    • the first names and surnames of the parents
    • at the request of one of the parents, his or her legal affiliation to a religious community that is a public corporation.

    mother of the child is the woman who gave birth to the child.

    In the case of a married mother, the father of the child is the husband. If the child is born after the husband's death, that husband is considered the father, provided the birth occurred within 300 days of the husband's death. If the mother is divorced and the child is born after the divorce decree has become final, the former husband is not considered the father of the child.

    If the mother is not married at the time of the birth, a man can only be entered as the father in the birth certificate if he has already acknowledged paternity. Otherwise, the competent authority enters the father subsequently in the birth register.

  • A certified printout from the register of births (previously the register of births) shows all the data that the registry office has entered in connection with the birth. You will receive the certificate, including any marginal notes, either as a

    • a new printout from the electronic register (if already kept at your registry office) or
    • a copy or verbatim transcript of the birth entry from the register of births.

    In addition to the birth details (including time of birth and additional details of the parents), the printout also contains subsequent changes, such as adoption or change of name.
    The registry office may also tell you the exact time (hour and minute) of your birth on request, without having to issue a certificate.

  • If the other parent lives abroad and does not pay child support, you can get assistance from the Beistandschaft as well as the Amtsgericht.

  • You have or will have a child and the father of the child does not want to acknowledge his paternity or is unknown? Get advice on what you can do and who can help you.

  • You are a single parent and don't get money from the other parent for your child? Or do you get too little money? Get advice on what you can do and who can help you.

  • If the other parent liable for maintenance lives in Germany and you want to claim maintenance for your child living abroad, you can have this claim enforced in court.

  • If the other parent does not pay child support, you can get assistance from the Beistandschaft and have the obligation to pay child support notarized. The maintenance advance money office can help you directly financially and make an advance payment or substitute the maintenance.

  • If your child has a mental disability, you can apply for integration assistance.

    This is to prevent your child from having difficulties participating in society later on.