Apply for advance maintenance payments for children of single parents
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzYou will receive advance maintenance payments for your child if you are raising it in your household without another parent against whom the child is entitled to maintenance. However, this maintenance is not paid by the other parent or the person obliged to pay maintenance, or is paid incompletely or irregularly.
Children with a deceased parent may also be entitled to an advance on maintenance payments if no or insufficient orphan's benefits are paid.
The child's center of life must clearly be in your household. This means that you are not entitled to an advance on maintenance payments if you use the alternating model. You must not have married a new partner.
If the eligibility requirements are met, the maintenance advance will be paid to you until your child reaches the age of majority. The maximum period of 72 months has been abolished.
The amount of the maintenance advance is calculated from the amount of the respective minimum maintenance rates less child benefit and, if applicable, less any maintenance payments or orphan's benefits already received.
From 01.01.2024, the following amounts apply
- for children up to 5 years 230,00 EUR per month
- for children from 6 to 11 years 301,00 EUR per month
- for children from 12 to 17 years 395,00 EUR per month
This ensures that all children receive an advance on maintenance payments in the event of need. At the same time, an important incentive is created for households that are not in need of assistance or that could become independent of basic income support benefits through their own earned income to secure their own livelihood.
The maintenance advance is always paid at the beginning of a calendar month and can be applied for retroactively for one month.
Your contact:
Kreisverwaltung Mainz-Bingen
Wilhelm-von-Erlanger-Str.100
55218 Ingelheim
Tel.: 06132 787-0