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Home birth advert
The birth of a child must be notified to the competent authority in whose jurisdiction it was born.
The following order of age is required to indicate a home birth:
- each parent of the child, if he or she is entitled to care,
- any other person who was present at the birth or is informed of the birth on his or her own knowledge.
The responsibility lies with the municipality, the velvet community and the city in whose jurisdiction the child was born. As a rule, this task is the responsibility of the registry office.
- in case of married parents
- Birth certificates
- marriage certificate or a certified imprint from the marriage register,
- in case of parents who are not married to each other
- Birth certificate of the mother
- if paternity has already been recognised:
- Declarations on the recognition of paternity
- Birth certificate of the father
- if necessary, the declarations of custody
- Identity card, passport or a recognised passport replacement document of the parents
- a birth certificate issued by a doctor or midwife or nurse, provided that they were present at birth.
A marriage certificate must also be presented when the marriage is dissolved.
Fees may apply. Please contact the appropriate body.
The The birth of a child must be notified to the competent authority within one week.
The date of birth shall not be taken into account for the calculation of the notification period.
If a child is stillborn or has died at birth, the notification must be made no later than the third working day following the birth.
On the basis of the certificate carried out in the birth register, a birth certificate for the domestic birth may be issued upon request.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Lower Saxony Ministry of Home Affairs and Sport
Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)