Social affairs - Düsseldorf table: More maintenance for separated children
Separated children will be entitled to significantly more maintenance from next year. This is according to the new Düsseldorf table published by the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court. Separated fathers or mothers will have to pay correspondingly more for their children.
From the new year, the minimum maintenance for underage children up to their 6th birthday will be 480 instead of the previous 437 euros, for the period from the 6th to the 12th birthday 551 instead of the previous 502 euros and for the period from the 12th to the 18th birthday 645 instead of the previous 588 euros per month. For adult children, at least 689 euros (instead of the previous 628 euros) must be paid.
In contrast, the minimum rate for students who do not live with their parents or one parent will remain unchanged from 2023 at 930 euros.
The minimum rates will then increase with each income group of the person liable for maintenance. The income groups, which were last raised in 2018, will be increased by 200 euros across the board from January 1, 2024. The first income group will therefore no longer end at 1900 euros, but at 2100 euros. The 15th income group ends at 11,200 euros.
The deductible, which is left to the person liable to pay maintenance as a necessary personal requirement, will also be increased: It will be 1200 euros for fathers and mothers not in gainful employment instead of the previous 1120 euros and 1450 euros for those in gainful employment instead of the previous 1370 euros. Child benefit will be deducted from the child's needs.
The Düsseldorf table is the guideline used by all higher regional courts in Germany to determine and assess child maintenance. It has been published by the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court since 1979. The Maintenance Commission of the German Family Court Conference is also involved. Family courts throughout Germany use the Düsseldorf table as a basis for determining maintenance.
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- The new maintenance rates, set in North Rhine-Westphalia's Düsseldorf table, will affect separated families across Germany, as this table is used by all higher regional courts in the country.
- Many families in North Rhine-Westphalia and beyond will see an increase in the minimum maintenance paid by separated fathers or mothers to their underage children, starting from next year.
- The changes to the Düsseldorf table, published by the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf, will result in an increase in minimum maintenance payments for children up to 6 years old, from 437 to 480 euros per month.
- In addition, the maintenance for children aged 6 to 12 will increase from 502 to 551 euros per month, and the maintenance for children aged 12 to 18 will rise from 588 to 645 euros per month.
- For separated parents in North Rhine-Westphalia who have adult children, the minimum monthly maintenance payment will increase from 628 to 689 euros.
- Meanwhile, the minimum maintenance rate for students who do not live with their parents or one parent will remain unchanged at 930 euros in 2023, as per the Düsseldorf table.
Source: www.stern.de
