Family

# 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?

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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.

You are a single parent and get 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.

For a minor child of separated parents, reasonable maintenance may be demanded from the party liable to pay maintenance.

Personal custody includes the right to demand the return of the child from anyone who withholds it from the parents or a parent.

Do you want to commit to paying regular maintenance to your child? Or do you want to have the other parent's maintenance obligation notarized? Here you can find out how this can be documented.