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Family and Children

Do you want to get married, get married in a registered civil partnership or get divorced? Partnerships certified as a civil are based on numerous legal regulations designed to shape coexistence. Here you will find information and information.

There are 4 life situations for Family and Children

Adoption
Counselling Services
Financial and Other Support
Youth/ Teenagers

There are 75 services for Family and Children

Additional services for children with disabilities in crèches and kindergartens Permit
The aim of integration assistance is to avoid or alleviate a disability. If your child has a disability or is at risk of a disability, you may be granted additional services for...
Adoption of a child after placement by the Youth Welfare Office
Acceptance as a child (adoption) is pronounced by the family court at the request of the adopter.
Adoption of a foreign child, conversion of a weak into a strong adoption
A so-called weak adoption of a child carried out abroad can be converted into a so-called strong adoption by decision of the family court.
Application for the surrender of the child by way of interim injunction (urgent procedure)
Personal custody includes the right to demand the surrender of the child from anyone who withholds it from the parents or one of the parents.
Apply for a child supplement
If you as a parent earn enough income for yourself, but the income is not or only just enough for the whole family, you can apply for the child supplement.
Apply for child benefit
If you have a child, you can apply for child benefit.
Apply for family insurance in the statutory health insurance
If you have statutory health insurance, you can co-insure your children and your spouse or partner free of charge under certain conditions. You can submit the application to...
Apply for reimbursement of costs for abortion at the statutory health insurance
If you want to have an abortion and cannot bear the costs yourself, you can apply for reimbursement by the statutory health insurance under certain conditions.
Apply for reimbursement of costs for measures to induce pregnancy or for cryopreservation measures for those with statutory health insurance
If, according to a doctor's assessment, you cannot become pregnant naturally and artificial insemination is suitable, the statutory health insurance companies will cover part of...
Applying for the adoption of an adult
If you wish to adopt an adult, you and the person to be accepted can apply to the family court.
Assertion of the maintenance claim of the mother of a child born out of wedlock
As an unmarried mother, you can claim maintenance from the child's father on the occasion of the birth of the joint child.
Broadcasting contribution in the private sector Exemption
If you receive state social benefits, you can be exempted from the broadcasting fee. The same applies to deaf-blind people and recipients of aid for the blind.
Care staff institution
Are/is parents with custody, a parent entitled to sole custody or a guardian legally or effectively prevents individual tasks for a child represented by you/your...
Certificate of leadership
A certificate of leadership can be issued as a simple or extended certificate of leadership.
Certificate of leadership
The certificate of management contains certain information about a person in the Federal Central Register. In the certificate of management, the full personal details are...
Certificate of leadership awarded in online proceedings
You can apply online for the simple or extended certificate of leadership as well as leadership certificates for submission to an authority. The certificate of leadership is a...
Child Protection Portal Lower Saxony
The child protection portal Lower Saxony provides important information on findings and activities to protect children from neglect and abuse. The website is aimed in...
Child benefit payment
Child benefit is available from birth until (at least) at the age of 18 of your child. Child benefit will be paid monthly from 01.01.2021 in the following amount: for the...
Child surcharge payment
Parents and single parents can receive a child supplement for their unmarried children under 25 years of age if they live in a common household.The amount of the child...
Children's and youth services communal
Your city or municipality or In addition to kindergarten and school, your district offers children and young people a wide range of creative, musical, sporting, technical, craft...
Children's supplement
Parents and single parents can receive a child supplement for their unmarried children under 25 years of age if they live in a common household.
Claiming child support in a faster, simpler court case
For a minor child of separated parents, appropriate maintenance may be required from the part liable for maintenance.
Claiming divorced maintenance
If you are legally divorced and you are unable to support yourself, you can demand reasonable maintenance from your former spouse.
Consent of the father to the adoption of a child
In order for a child to be given up for adoption, the consent of both parents is required. As a rule, this consent can only be given eight weeks after the birth of the child....
Cures for mothers and fathers
Under certain conditions, mothers and fathers are entitled to a mother/father-child measure from their health insurance company.
Debtor and Consumer Insolvency Advice
Are you tormented by the question: "What am I doing with my debts?" In Germany, around 3.2 million households are over-indebted, almost half of which are families with...
Declaration of adoption applicants that they are willing to adopt the child proposed to them.
If the adoption of a child from abroad is possible, the adoption applicants are asked by the foreign agency to declare that they are willing to adopt this child when he or she...
Determination of a child's maintenance claims and notarized as a maintenance obligation
If an alleier parent is in the situation that the other parent does not pay maintenance, possibly because he does not want to or may not be able to pay (unemployment, death,...
Early promotion Hearing impaired
Do you suspect hearing damage in your child? There are special hearing verification procedures for all ages (including infants!) Claim competent medical and specialist advice!...
Early support for disabled children
The offer of the interdisciplinary counselling and early detection teams as well as the early education centres is aimed at handicapped or disabled children in the age group...
Educational and participation services for children, adolescents and young adults Provision of
Education and participation services have been introduced to give children and young people from financially deprived families the opportunity to take advantage of learning and...
Enforce maintenance claims of a child living abroad in Germany in court
If the other parent liable for maintenance lives in Germany and you want to claim maintenance for your child living abroad, you can have this claim enforced in court.
Examine maintenance claims against a person living abroad and forward them to the competent authorities.
If the other parent lives abroad and does not provide maintenance, you can receive support from the assistance and the district court.
Examine maintenance claims against a person living abroad.
If the other parent lives abroad and does not provide maintenance, you can receive support from the assistance and the district court and have the maintenance obligation checked...
Family and children's service
Attractive offers as well as a resilient, dense infrastructure for families with children are a focal point of the municipal work.
Family holidays: promotion
The country promotes the implementation of family leave, which deals with marriage, family and education issues as well as health care issues. The leisure activities are...
Family recreation - support
If you as a family simply can't afford your well-deserved holiday financially, the country will help you. Lower Saxony promotes recreational holidays of: Families with at...
Foreign professional qualification Recognition as a childhood educator
Important note: For a university degree in the field of work with children from 0-6 years or 0-10 years, no application can be made for state recognition as an educator,...
Foster children
A foster child is a child who does not live in his original family, but in another family, his foster family. Foster children come into a foster family from very different...
Gain access to the adoption file
As an adopted person, you can inspect the files on the mediation of your adoption yourself from your 16th birthday. Unless the interests of other affected persons – such as...
Guardianship institution
Guardianship may occur by law or be established by the district court. A guardianship is not a public "service" in the strict sense. The inclusion of guardianship in The...
Health care for children, adolescents, young adults and single parents with children in common forms of housing
Children or adolescents in foster families or in inpatient facilities of children and youth welfare are entitled to health assistance.
Help for education
The education and care for a child is primarily taken care of by the parents. In some circumstances, however, additional state aid may be necessary for education. The...
Help for pregnant women
If you are pregnant and in need of financial assistance, you can apply for support from the Federal Foundation "Mother and Child - Protection of Unborn Life". This aid is...
Help for young adult sans
Help for young people of the legal year includes different benefits. It is both an independent help for 18 to 21 year olds as well as a continuation aid for over 21 segrades and...
Juleica (Youth Leader Card)
The Juleica (Youth Leader Card) is a figurehead of Youth Work in Lower Saxony. It is the nationwide uniform card for voluntary work in youth work. It guarantees quality because...
Leadership certificate grant extended
Persons who are or are to become children and young people in a professional, voluntary or otherwise child-oriented manner require an extended certificate of leadership. This...
Leadership certificate isawarded simply
Not all entries in the Central Register are included in a management certificate. The type of leadership certificate is decisive for the content: for private purposes...
Maintaining contacts/rights of access
Children and adolescents, Parents other persons of access (this may be, for example, grandparents in some cases) as well as Persons in whose care the child is in care (e.g....
Maintenance
Persons entitled to benefits under the Social Code Twelfth Book (SGB XII) usually also have relatives or relatives who are dependent. The dependants shall be used for...
Maintenance advance Approval
The maintenance advance is a help for single parents. If the maintenance advance is granted, the child's maintenance entitlements in the amount of the maintenance advance paid...
Medical Service / Youth Medical Service
The task of the Medical Service /Youth Medical Service is to protect and promote the health of children and adolescents. To this end, he works with day care facilities for...
Offers of youth work
Youth work is an independent part of youth welfare. It performs the educational and educational tasks in accordance with Section 11 of the Social Code Eighth Book (SGB VIII) -...
Parental allowance permit
The parental allowance is paid to the father and mother for a maximum of 14 months, both of which can freely divide the period among themselves. One parent can receive parental...
Parental care Order in case of endangerment of the child's assets
If you become aware that a child's assets are at risk, in particular by their parents or one of their parents, inform the family court at the district court.
Parental care Order in case of endangerment of the child's well-being
The proceedings are initiated by the competent family court ex officio, in particular on the basis of suggestions from the Youth Welfare Office, which in turn acts on the basis...
Parenting, marriage, family and life counselling
Children, adolescents, parents and other guardians may contact the competent authority for parenting, personal or family-related problems, and issues and conflicts relating to...
Pregnancy conflict counselling Education and counselling
Did you get pregnant unintentionally? Does pregnancy put you in a conflict situation? Are you faced with the decision whether you can or would like to have another child? For...
Protection of children and young people
The "protection of children and young people" is a variety of regulations and measures that help to protect children and young people from threats to their well-being. Young...
Receive advice, support and assistance in the assertion of maintenance claims
If you are a single parent, you can seek advice from the Youth Welfare Office and receive help in claiming child support.
Replacement of a parent's consent to adoption
If a child is to be adopted, both parents and the child must consent to adoption. The consent of a parent may be replaced by the family court in certain exceptional cases. A...
Review and pursue maintenance claims against a person living abroad.
If the other parent lives abroad and does not provide maintenance, you can receive support from the assistance and the local court support.
School Psychological Counselling
School psychological counselling is offered in the event of learning and behavioural difficulties, crisis situations, in the context of talent development, school programme...
School trips, school trips and similar trips from day care facilities: reimbursement - of costs
If the school class your child attends is due to be a school trip or a multi-day class trip, you as a parent will usually be charged. The same applies to similar measures for...
School trips, school trips and similar trips from day care facilities: reimbursement - of costs according to SGB XII
For school trips or multi-day school trips, you as a parent usually have to share the costs. If you or Your children do not belong to the eligible group of persons within the...
School trips, school trips and similar trips from day care facilities: reimbursement - of costs under the Federal Child Benefit Act
For school trips or multi-day school trips, you as a parent usually have to share the costs. Children who receive a child supplement under the Federal Child Benefit Act (BKGG)...
Social assistance benefits for children and young people at risk of development and disability
If you need help to support yourself and do not have health insurance – statutory or private – the social welfare institution provides health assistance. These include: ...
Support for families with multiple children (from triplets)
The birth of multilings poses particular challenges for families: The care and supervision of infants and young children is usually difficult for the affected families to cope...
Support for young people and adolescents through youth justice assistance
In the case of investigations and/or criminal proceedings against young people (14-17 years old) or adolescents (18-20 years old) who have come into conflict with the law, the...
Support for young people in difficult life situations
As a certified educational institution, do you want to support young people in difficult life situations individually? For this, you can receive funding from the job center.
Whereabouts of a child with a caregiver
You are a caregiver and the biological parents want to take the child back with them? Then you can apply to the family court for the child to stay with you.
Women's houses
Women's shelters provide protection, counselling, counselling, counselling, guidance and support to women affected by psychological, physical and/or sexual violence and their...
Youth counselling
Youth counselling can be carried out as a task for youth work as well as in a youth, education and family counselling centre. In youth work, youth counselling is now more in...
Youth health check-up
You can take advantage of health check-ups for your children. Thus, the general state of health and age-appropriate development of a child is regularly examined by a doctor....
Youth social work
Young people who are increasingly dependent on support to compensate for social disadvantages or to overcome individual impairments will be offered social-educational assistance...

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Soil benchmark card - extract/information
Exchange of an old driver's license into a new driver's license
Church Resignation Declaration
Apply for child benefit
Motor vehicle re-registration
Apply for a change of tax brackets during marriage or civil partnership
Dog tax fixing
Educational and participation services for children, adolescents and young adults Provision of
Children's passport exhibition
Apply for an identity card

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