Parental allowance - calculation

What deadlines must be paid attention to?

Benefits are granted at the earliest from birth and retroactively for no more than the last 3 months of life before the month of application.

Parents can receive parental allowance from the day of birth until the child reaches the age of 14 months.
Parents of particularly prematurely born children receive additional parental allowance months for births after 01.09.2021.

If children are taken into the household with the aim of adoption, the 14-month period begins on the day the household is taken in. (Not with the date of birth and also not with the date of recognition of the adoption). Entitlement ceases once the child reaches the age of eight.

How long does it take to process

If the documents are complete, usually 5-7 weeks.

What are the costs?

There are no costs involved.