What are the regulations of legal paternity, when the parents are not married? What do you have to consider in regard to custody, what about the right of access for parents and children? Is there any subsidy concerning the implementation of children’s rights and do parents have a claim to counsel?

Some questions concerning Child Estate Law and the consequential visits to the authorities can be already cleared and done respectively before delivery.

The booklets Die Beistandsschaft (Official Assistance) by the Federal Ministry of Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and Das Kindschaftsrecht (The Child Estate Law) by the Federal Ministry of Justice are highly informative.

At this point we are going to inform you about different sections of the Child Estate Law as well as advise you where you can hand in according application or get further support.

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