A miscarriage or stillbirth is a severe blow for the parents concerned. You can report the birth at the competent registry office and get a certificate of this.
You can report the miscarriage orally or in writing to the relevant registry office.
The registry office will then issue the certificate of miscarriage based on your information.
Responsible for the notification of a miscarriage is the registry office.
You can find more detailed information and details of contact persons on the website of your municipality.
A miscarriage is when the child
.The competent registry office is thereby designated that registry office in whose jurisdiction the miscarriage took place.
Further information on the new legal regulation in dealing with miscarriages (star children) can be found on the Internal page of the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ)
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If you have reported the miscarriage to the relevant registry office, the registry office will issue a certificate of miscarriage upon request.
You as the father can only report the miscarriage if you would have had custody of the child if it had been born alive, i.e. if you were married to each other as parents at the time of the birth or if you were unmarried and had issued a joint declaration of custody before the child was born. If neither of these applies, the authority to file an application lies solely with you as the mother.
Beyond that, there are no other requirements; the issuance of the certificate is not dependent on a certain duration of pregnancy or a minimum weight of the stillborn child.
For proof of identity:
To establish credibility of the miscarriage:
.For the preparation of the certificate:
.Note: The registry office may request further documents if this is necessary to prove information.
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As a rule, there is an immediate issuance of the certificate of miscarriage.
.There may be a cost for issuing a certificate of miscarriage.
Processing the grief of loss