# 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?
To ServicesInformation about Rights & Duties
- Birth, custody for minor children, parental responsibilities, rules on surrogacy and adoption, including second-parent-adoption, maintenance obligations in relation to children in a cross-border family situation
- Living in a couple with different nationalities, including same-sex couples (marriage, civil or registered partnership, separation, divorce, marital property rights, the rights of cohabitants)
If you become a mother, you can receive maternity benefit during the protection periods before and after childbirth and for the day of childbirth. You can apply for maternity benefit either from your statutory health insurance fund or from the Federal Social Security Office (BAS).
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.