Managing guardianship
Assistance: legal representation of underage children in establishing paternity and claiming child maintenance.
Course description
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.
Longer processing times
Due to a high workload and staff shortages, processing may take longer.
if you already have a guardianship, please refrain from submitting status enquiries in the meantime, as this will further delay processing.
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
Postal address
Landeshauptstadt München
Sozialreferat
Beistandschaften
Werner-Schlierf-Straße 9
81539 München
Fax: +49 89 233-67531
Contact address
Werner-Schlierf-Straße 9
81539 München
Sprechzeiten:
Montag, Dienstag, Donnerstag, Freitag: 9 bis 12 Uhr
Mittwoch 13 bis 15 Uhr nur telefonisch unter +49 89 233-67514
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