After the birth

What paperwork do you have to do after the birth of a child? For example, publishing the birth announcement and applying for a birth certificate. What support is available and what do you have to do?

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Apply for a birth certificate
You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it for a marriage or other official act, for example? Then you can apply for a birth certificate to be issued.
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Apply for child benefit
If you have a child, you can apply for child benefit.
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Apply for maternity benefit as a privately insured person or with a statutory health insurance fund as a family insured person
As an expectant mother, you can apply for maternity benefit from the Federal Social Security Office (BAS) for the period of protection before and after childbirth and for the day of childbirth. You must meet certain requirements for this.
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Apply for parental allowance
If you look after your child after the birth, the parental allowance compensates for part of the loss of income.
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Applying for a Multiple Birth Subsidy
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate supports families with multiples (from triplets) under certain conditions.
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Applying for maternity benefit as a person with statutory health insurance
If you become a mother, you can receive maternity benefit for the protection periods before and after the birth as well as for the day of delivery. You can apply for maternity benefit from your statutory health insurance fund.
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Assistance
The assistance is a free offer of the Youth Welfare Office.An assistance can be set up for the determination of paternity, or the assertion of child support.
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Birth abroad Notarization of Germans without domestic residence
If you or your child were born abroad, it may make sense to have your birth registered in the German birth register.
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Birth anonymous
Are you pregnant and in a personal emergency? If so, you can contact an advice center in your area or the free emergency hotline for pregnant women and mothers with newborns in distress for help.
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Certificate of Descent
The parentage certificate was abolished on 01.01.2009 by the Civil Status Reform Act. With the abolition of the parentage certificate, an adoption can only be determined by a...
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Certify birth abroad
Were you, your child or another close family member in the ascending or descending line of descent born abroad? Then you can have the birth subsequently certified in the birth register at the registry office responsible for you.
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Declaring joint custody of a child
If you as parents are not married to each other at the time of your child's birth, you can obtain joint custody by both submitting declarations of custody.
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Determining the name, applying for parental allowance and applying for child benefit at the same time as a combined family benefit
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End conservatorship by the Youth Welfare Office
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Health advice for families with newborns
If you receive social assistance or basic security and have just had a baby, the social welfare office bears the costs of counselling.
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Indicate miscarriage
If your child was stillborn and it is a miscarriage, you can report the birth to the registry office in whose area of responsibility the miscarriage took place. On request, the registry office will issue a certificate of this.
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Issuing birth certificate for births in former German territories or consular and colonial registers
If you need proof of birth from the former German territories or from the consular and colonial registers, you can apply for a birth certificate. You can find this at the registry office I in Berlin.
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Maternity recognition
If you wish to make a declaration recognizing the maternity of your child, insofar as this is required by your home law or the law of the country in which the child has its habitual residence.
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Notarizing birth on seagoing vessels
If a child is born during a voyage on a German seagoing vessel, the registry office I in Berlin certifies the birth in its birth register. The skipper takes a record and forwards it to the registry office I in Berlin.
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Parental allowance - calculation
The amount of your parental allowance is calculated by the responsible parental allowance office and is based on various factors.
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Parental allowance counselling
Advice on the subject of parental allowance is provided by the regional parental allowance office.
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Parental Leave Counselling
When you become parents, you are entitled to unpaid time off from work, provided you meet certain requirements. You must register the parental leave with your employer in writing.
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Printout from the birth register
You do not have your birth certificate, but you need it for a marriage or other official act, for example? Then you can apply for a printout from the birth register.
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Recognition of paternity
If you wish to make a declaration acknowledging paternity of a child and a declaration of consent from the mother, this can be publicly notarized at any registry office, youth welfare office or notary's office.
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Register of births Change of gender registration
Do you have a biologically determined variant of sex development and this has been medically certified? Then you can have the gender entry in your birth register and your first names changed at the registry office.
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Registering for parental leave
You can plan your 3 years of parental leave flexibly, but you must meet certain requirements. You must give notice of your parental leave to your employer.
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Request multilingual birth certificate
If you need proof of birth for submission to foreign agencies, you can apply for a multilingual birth certificate.
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Show home birth
If you have a home birth, you must have a birth certificate issued for your child.
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Sponsorship Certificate
You will need a sponsorship certificate if you belong to another parish. You can apply for this at the responsible parish office.
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Submit additional information for the certification of a birth