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Your selected location: Emsland

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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Get support in enforcing the permanent placement of a child with foster carers


If the parents want to take the child away from the foster carer, the family court can order the child to remain with the foster carer ex officio or at the request of the foster carer if and for as long as the child's welfare would be endangered by the removal or, under certain conditions, permanently.

Foster carers can be supported in this way.

Who should I contact?

To the local youth welfare office

Responsible authorities


Landkreis Emsland - Fachbereich Jugend
Address: Ordeniederung 1 , 49716 Meppen
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Postal address: Post Office Box 15 62 , 49705 Meppen
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Telephone: 05931 44-0
Fax: 05931 44-3621
Transport Connection:
Station Haltestelle Kreishaus
Bus: 993
Building Access
elevator available, wheelchair-accessible

Requirements

A foster child has been living in a foster family for a long time.

The child's parents or persons with the right to determine the child's place of residence demand the child's return.

The child's welfare is endangered by being taken away from the foster family.

The foster carers want or need support from the Foster Children's Service.

What are the fees?

There are no costs.

Process flow

  • The foster carers contact the foster children's service with the request for support/accompaniment if the child is requested to be handed over.
  • The foster carers can apply to the family court for the child to remain in the foster family.
  • The court can also take action ex officio, so that the youth welfare office can also file a corresponding application.
  • Until the proceedings have been concluded, the court can issue a temporary order for the foster child to remain with the foster family until a decision is made.
  • Foster children aged 14 and over must always be heard by the court in proceedings concerning the care of persons or property. A child under the age of 14 is heard if his or her inclinations, attachments or will are important for the decision or if it appears necessary to establish the facts of the case.
  • The court's decision is always based on the "best interests of the child" principle.

Processing duration

After being contacted by the foster carers, the Foster Children's Service will begin assisting with the proceedings to "keep a child with foster carers". The length of the procedure depends on the duration of the court proceedings before the family court.

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)