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Carolin Schulz-BurgessU.S.
On Vacation
returns 11/29/2009 |
German legal issues on inheritance, divorce, alimony, child custody and support, last wills and testaments, and other problems involving international family and civil law. | |
Henning HaarhausGermany
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Practice in inheritance law and tax law. Legal services also rendered in the fields of business & commercial law; e.g. business organisations, contracts; debt collections, employment law and international law. Representing clients all over Germany. At times, I also handle family law cases and other civil law matters related with the region in and around Berlin. |
You can waive your inheritance within six months at the German probate court (declaration deserves notarial recording). Of course, neither you nor your uncle are not allowed to keep the money then. If
As you might know the parent the child lives with can either claim for Kindergeld (child benefits) or for an income tax allowance in this regard (Kinderfreibetrag). Regularly, Kindergeld is the better
The child living with you has a support claim against the mother, too. However, as support claims are entitlements of the kids I do not think that both support claims can be offset against each other.
The statute of limitation for child support claims is four years. Moreover, irrespective of the positive results of the paternity test your father-in-law is not deemed legally a parent of the child legally
Dear Maria, Your husband is obligated to pay child support according to the Duesseldorfer Tabelle because the children live in Germany. He was also obligated to pay the minimum child support while he

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