Have it checked annually whether my child receives maintenance advance

• As a rule, you will receive a verification questionnaire from the responsible maintenance advance office, which you must complete truthfully. If you refuse to complete the questionnaire, your benefit may be withdrawn as you would not be fulfilling your obligation to cooperate.
• Send the verification questionnaire informally to the maintenance advance office.
• If you and the other parent are (still) married and living separately, a special check may be necessary, for example with regard to tax classes.
• The Maintenance Advance Office will check your documents and contact you if additional documents need to be submitted.
• You will receive an authorisation or a rejection.

Maintenance advance office

• You and your child live together in Germany.
• You are already receiving maintenance advance.
• You are a single parent and live with your child in the same household.
• You are bringing up your child alone and clearly have the predominant responsibility for bringing up the child (no alternating model).
• You are not (newly) married.
• The other parent pays your child no maintenance or only irregular maintenance or only maintenance that is less than the maintenance advance.
• You can also receive maintenance advance if it is not clear who the father of the child is. It does not matter whether there is a court judgement on paternity or an acknowledgement of paternity before the youth welfare office. However, you must co-operate in establishing or attempting to establish paternity or the whereabouts of the other parent.
• Even if you are widowed, you can receive advance maintenance payments for your child.
• Foreign children are only eligible for certain residence permits.
• For children aged 12 to 17, the following additional requirements apply:
  • Your child does not receive SGB II benefits or
  • your child would not be dependent on SGB II benefits with the advance maintenance payment or
  • As a parent, you have your own income of at least EUR 600 gross per month (with the exception of child benefit).

• You can enquire about the type and scope of the evidence from the responsible office. As a rule, you will receive a verification questionnaire from the responsible office.

• § Section 1 (3) of the Act on Securing the Maintenance of Children of Single Mothers and Fathers through Maintenance Advances or Loss of Maintenance Payments (Maintenance Advance Act)
• § Section 2 Act on Securing the Maintenance of Children of Single Mothers and Fathers through Maintenance Advances or Loss of Maintenance Payments (Maintenance Advance Act)
• § Section 6 Act on Securing the Maintenance of Children of Single Mothers and Fathers through Maintenance Advances or Loss of Maintenance Payments (Maintenance Advance Act)

• Contradiction
• Compulsory action

There are no indications or special features.

• Important facts about advance maintenance payments at a glance on the Family Portal website
• Information brochure on advance maintenance payments on the website of the Federal Ministry of Education, Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth

• Entitlement to maintenance advance is reviewed annually
• Regular information is mandatory
• Maintenance advance office checks requirements
• Competent body requests evidence
• Communicate all changes immediately
• Responsible body: Maintenance advance office, usually the youth welfare office

• Have my child's maintenance advance checked annually in Saxony-Anhalt

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