Managing guardianship
Assistance: legal representation of underage children in establishing paternity and claiming child maintenance.
Description of the course
Assistance: legal representation of minor children in establishing paternity and claiming child maintenance.
- Single parents with sole custody and - in the case of joint custody - single parents can apply in writing to the City Youth Welfare Office for a guardianship for their child free of charge.
- The City Youth Welfare Office legally represents the child in establishing paternity and/or asserting the child's maintenance claims.
- The guardianship does not restrict parental custody rights.
- The guardianship can be terminated at any time by written application from the single parent with sole custody.
- Prerequisite: the child is a minor and is habitually resident in Germany. In addition, the child lives with a single parent or parent with sole custody.
From 20 to 31 October 2025, the Assistance Department will be closed to the public due to the introduction of a new specialist procedure and will also be unavailable by telephone, email and contact form.
The staff will be happy to help you again from 3 November 2025!
Required documents
please enquire in advance by telephone in specific individual cases
Legal basis
§§ 1712 ff BGB and § 55 SGB VIII
Sozialreferat
Beistandschaften
Due to a high workload and staff shortage, a longer processing time must be expected. If you already have a guardianship, we ask you to refrain from making status enquiries in the meantime, as they will further delay processing.
Internet address
Phone number
Consultation hours
- Mon 09:00 - 12:00
- Tue 09:00 - 12:00
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Wed
13:00 - 15:00
Nur telefonisch unter +49 89 233-67514 - Thu 09:00 - 12:00
- Fri Closed
- Sat Closed
- Sun Closed
Postal address
Landeshauptstadt München
Sozialreferat
Beistandschaften
Werner-Schlierf-Straße 9
81539 München
Fax: +49 89 233-67531
Address
Werner-Schlierf-Straße 9
81539 München
Termine mit Ihrer Sachbearbeitung: Nach Vereinbarung
Availability
- Available:Barrier-free access
- Available:Parking for disabled people
There are only very limited parking options and a charge is payable directly in front of the office building
Barrier-free access, lifts for the disabled in the building