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Beistandschaft (guardianship assistance) by the Jugendamt (youth welfare office)

Beistandschaft durch das Jugendamt
Machine translation of the German page, 2026-09-15. The German original is binding.
You can apply for a Beistandschaft (legal assistance for children) at your Jugendamt (youth welfare office). It provides you with support in establishing paternity and in asserting maintenance claims. The Beistand (legal assistant) enforces your child's maintenance claims, which are calculated on the basis of the so-called "Düsseldorfer Tabelle" (Düsseldorf Table). Your child's claims can also be enforced through the courts by the Beistand. A Beistandschaft you have applied for can be ended in writing at any time.

Book an appointment

Book an appointment (service.berlin.de)

Requirements

• Your child is a minor • Written application You can submit an application for Beistandschaft (legal assistance for parents) if you live separately from the other parent and exercise sole custody. If you share joint custody with the other parent, you are entitled to apply if the child lives with you.

Documents you need

• Identity card (Personalausweis) • Child's birth certificate • Enforceable copy of the maintenance title (Unterhaltstitel) (if paternity has already been established) • Proof of paternity establishment (if paternity has already been established)

Fees

none

Legal basis

• Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB, Social Code) Book Eight (VIII), §§ 52a, 55/56, 59/60 www.gesetze-im-internet.de/sgb_8/BJNR111630990.html#BJNR1116 • Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (BGB, German Civil Code), §§ 1712 ff. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bgb/BJNR001950896.html#BJNR001950 • Gesetz über das Verfahren in Familiensachen und in den Angelegenheiten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit (FamFG, Act on Proceedings in Family Matters and in Matters of Non-Contentious Jurisdiction), §§ 169 ff., 231 ff. www.gesetze-im-internet.de/famfg/

Further information

• The website of the Senatsverwaltung für Bildung, Jugend und Familie (Senate Department for Education, Youth and Family) on custody and maintenance (Sorgerecht und Unterhalt) www.berlin.de/sen/jugend/familie-und-kinder/sorgerecht-und-u • Düsseldorfer Tabelle (Düsseldorf Table, the standard table for calculating child maintenance) www.olg-duesseldorf.nrw.de/infos/Duesseldorfer_Tabelle/ • Die Beistandschaft (the assistance scheme for child support matters, brochure) www.bmfsfj.de/bmfsfj/service/publikationen/die-beistandschaf

Who is responsible

The Jugendamt (youth welfare office) of the district in which you live. Different rules apply for foreign children.

Responsible for you

Choose a location; the appointment itself is booked on the original page.

Original

German original

Service number 326588 · same path as the original: service.berlin.de/dienstleistung/326588/