Parental maintenance / maintenance for parents in need of care 
Your parents are in need of care and are unable to pay the costs incurred from their own income? You would like information about a possible call to the costs?
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Basic information
In principle, you are obliged to pay maintenance to parents in need. Your ability to pay maintenance must be assessed on the basis of your individual income and burden situation. Therefore, it is necessary that you fulfill your obligation to provide information (even if forfeiture is possibly objected to).
Requirements
You have received a notice of the granting of assistance (legal notice) from the service providing the benefit.
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Procedure
Please complete the questionnaire that is usually enclosed with the notification of the granting of assistance and return it to the sending office together with all supporting documents. If you wish to hand in the documents in person, please make an appointment if possible.
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Necessary Documents
- Questionnaire
The please fill in the questionnaire and send it back to us.
- Income, asset and debit documents
Income, asset and debit documents please enclose a copy of the questionnaire (if possible from the last 12 months, for self-employed persons from the last three years)
- Questionnaire
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Competent Department
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Amt für Soziale Dienste, Sozialzentrum Vahr / Schwachhausen / Horn-Lehe, Fachdienst Unterhalt Forderungen
- +49 421 361 19500
- +49 421 361 19899
- Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse 27, 28329 Bremen
- Website
Contact Person
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Frau Viola Königsdorf
Buchstaben A - C+49 421 361 2701
+49 421 496 2701
E-mail -
Frau Birgit Kaiser
Buchstaben E - I -
Frau Barbara Bodde
Buchstaben D, J - N -
Frau Tanja Niemeyer-Neumann
Buchstabe O -
Frau Sandra Bonner
Buchstaben P - Z
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Fees / Costs
-not if you would like to hire a lawyer yourself, the costs for this are to be borne by you
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Deadlines & processing time
What deadlines must be paid attention to?
Please provide the information within the deadline set, as otherwise information could be obtained from third parties. You are obliged to pay maintenance from the first day of the month in which you receive the notification that assistance has been granted.
How long does it take to process
If your information has been provided in full, it will be processed/evaluated as soon as possible. However, as further information may also be required, e.g. from siblings, it is not possible to give a specific timeframe.
Frequently asked Questions
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Do all siblings have to pay alimony?
All children are proportionally liable according to their income situation
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Must alimony also be paid from assets?
In principle, assets are also to be used for maintenance payments. However, the possible use of assets must be assessed on an individual basis.
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The official information in German is complete and correct. 02.07.2025