Children, who are not yet able to support themselves, have a right to be supported by their parents. As long as the child is under age, the parent who cares for the child claims child support from the maintenance debtor. In case the parents live separately, the parent who does not live together with his/her...Continue Reading

Generally, even after a divorce, the joined custody of both parents is desired, provided the parents can agree on the fact in which parent´s household the child should mainly live. However, it is also possible that the spouses agree on the sole custody of one parent. If there is no agreement regarding custody within a...Continue Reading

According to the law, there are four possibilities of divorce. Apart from the consensual and the contested divorce, there is the divorce for other reasons (among them the divorce without culpability of the spouse, e.g. due to illness) and the divorce due to the dissolution of the common household since at least three years. The...Continue Reading

After the divorce, the claims for support, the division of marital property and the marital savings as well as the name changes and consequences regarding social insurance law and tax law have to be cleared. The claim for support largely depends on the sentence regarding culpability as well as the life circumstances of the spouses.Continue Reading