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Crises & Conflicts
Pregnancy is not always a happy one. If a crisis occurs before or after the birth of your child, or if you find yourself in distress during pregnancy, you are entitled to comprehensive counseling. Learn here where you can find help for crises and conflicts.
If you are raising your child alone, you can apply for a guardianship for your child at the youth welfare office. The guardian will help you to legally clarify paternity and/or to enforce your child's maintenance claims.
In some families, money is tight. If the parents' income is not enough to provide well for the entire family, there is a monthly supplement from the state in addition to child benefit. In which cases you get the child supplement and how you can apply for it, you can find out here.
Care, education, job, household: single parents bear most of the responsibility alone. Financial worries are added when no or not regular maintenance is paid for the child by the other parent. In this situation, single parents can apply for advance maintenance payments.
