Ser­vices for fam­i­lies with children

Child ben­e­fit:
All par­ents with chil­dren who live per­ma­nent­ly in Ger­many are enti­tled to Kindergeld (child ben­e­fit). They receive a ben­e­fit of at least EUR 200 per child per month. Child ben­e­fit is paid until the child turns 18, or until the age of 25 if they are in an appren­tice­ship, study­ing or doing vol­un­tary ser­vice. Sub­mit your appli­ca­tion for child ben­e­fit to the Fam­i­lienkasse (fam­i­ly ben­e­fits department).

Child ben­e­fit sup­ple­ment:
If you have a low income, you can apply to the Fam­i­lienkasse for a Kinderzuschlag (child ben­e­fit sup­ple­ment) in addi­tion to stan­dard child benefit

Karl­sruher Kinderpass/ Karl­sruher Pass/ Karl­sruher Pass 60+

The Karl­sruher Kinderpass/Karlsruher Pass/Karlsruher Pass 60+ are spe­cial cards that gen­er­al­ly give free admis­sion, dis­counts or vouch­ers in the areas of leisure, sports, cul­ture, edu­ca­tion and mobil­i­ty to cit­i­zens of Karl­sruhe who have a low­er income or receive social ben­e­fits. These include, e.g. up to a 50 per­cent dis­count on trav­el tick­ets sold by Karl­sruher Verkehrsver­bund (KVV) and admis­sion to open-air/in­door swim­ming pools, sub­sidised hol­i­day activ­i­ty pro­grammes, edu­ca­tion vouch­ers, free admis­sions or dis­counts for muse­ums in Karl­sruhe and the region.The offers vary depend­ing on the pass. You can find more infor­ma­tion at: https://karlsruher-pass.de/

If you have a low income, use the online cal­cu­la­tor to find out whether you are enti­tled to the Karl­sruher Pass/Karlsruher Kinder­pass: https://karlsruher-pass.de/onlinerechner

Parental allowance

Parental allowance: Eltern­geld (parental allowance) is avail­able to moth­ers or fathers after the birth of their child.

Moth­ers or fathers can receive the basic parental ben­e­fit for 12 months,

• If they are the pri­ma­ry car­ers for the child after its birth,
• And do not work, study or train for more than 30 hours per week,

• If both par­ents share the child­care time, the parental allowance can be paid for up to 14 months.

There are sev­er­al types of parental allowance. Find out more at: www.familienportal.de

Child main­te­nance

You can claim main­te­nance for your minor child from the per­son liable to pay main­te­nance at the fam­i­ly court in reg­u­lar main­te­nance pro­ceed­ings or in a sim­pli­fied pro­ce­dure. You must apply for this sim­pli­fied pro­ce­dure using a form.

The sim­pli­fied pro­ce­dure can lead to an enforce­ment order more quick­ly and cost-effec­tive­ly than oth­er main­te­nance proceedings.

You should seek advice from your lawyer or the youth wel­fare office as to whether this form of pro­ce­dure is suit­able in your case.

💡Tip: The staff at the Youth Wel­fare Office are on hand to help sin­gle moth­ers and fathers with main­te­nance issues and help to enforce jus­ti­fied claims. The advice is free of charge.

Com­pe­tent authority

- Karl­sruhe Local Court
- Local Court Karl­sruhe-Durlach
the local court (fam­i­ly court) in whose dis­trict the child or the par­ent rep­re­sent­ing the child usu­al­ly resides.

Require­ments

✔️ It con­cerns main­te­nance:
- for a minor child or
- for a child of full age for the past peri­od of minor­i­ty.
✔️ The court has not yet ini­ti­at­ed court main­te­nance pro­ceed­ings.
✔️ No oth­er court has already ruled on the main­te­nance claim.
✔️ There is not yet an enforce­able main­te­nance title (e.g. a youth wel­fare office cer­tifi­cate).
✔️ The request­ed main­te­nance for the child is not high­er than 1.2 times the min­i­mum main­te­nance.

✔️ You are enti­tled to assert the main­te­nance claim as the
- cus­to­di­al par­ent with whom the minor child lives, or
- the per­son or body legal­ly rep­re­sent­ing the child.

Forms and oth­er offers

Appli­ca­tion for deter­mi­na­tion of child main­te­nance — sim­pli­fied pro­ce­dure (PDF)
Objec­tions to the appli­ca­tion for the deter­mi­na­tion of main­te­nance (PDF)