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• If you wish to make a declaration acknowledging paternity of a child and a declaration of consent by the mother, this can be publicly certified by registrars in any registry office, at youth welfare offices and before notaries.

If you have a child, you can apply for child benefit.

One-off allowances or grants for the purchase of certain items or participation in certain activities for the foster child can be granted if they are not already covered by the current lump sums.

If you receive social assistance or basic security and have just had a baby, the social welfare office will bear the costs of counselling sessions.

When you become a mother, you can receive maternity benefits for the protective periods before and after childbirth as well as for the day of delivery. You can apply for maternity benefit either from your statutory health insurance fund or from the Federal Social Security Office (BAS).

If you look after your child after the birth, the parental allowance compensates for part of the loss of income.

Do you want to adopt a child from abroad?

If your child was stillborn and it is a miscarriage, you can report the birth to the registry office in whose jurisdiction the miscarriage occurred. On request, the registry office will issue a certificate of this.

If you as parents are not married to each other at the time of your child's birth, you can obtain joint custody by both submitting declarations of custody.

Legal representation must be ensured for each minor. This representation can take place within the framework of a guardianship or guardianship if the parents are unable or unwilling to perform this task.

• If you wish to make a declaration recognizing the maternity of your child, insofar as this is required by your home law or the law of the country in which the child has its habitual residence.

If you have had a child, you must submit details and proof of the birth, first name declaration and naming of your child to the registry office.

If one of your employees, pupils, interns or students has informed you that she is pregnant or breastfeeding, you must inform the competent supervisory authority.