Guardianships, custodianships, guardianships Certifications, information on custody register

For all parents who look after their child or children in the household, the legislator has created the possibility of voluntarily using the assistance of the Youth Welfare Office within the framework of a guardianship after submitting a written application to establish paternity and/or assert the children's maintenance claims. This assistance does not restrict parental custody.
The guardianship can also be terminated at any time by a written declaration from the parent providing care.

Of course, you can also contact the Youth Welfare Office without wishing to set up a guardianship. As part of a consultation, we can help you clarify questions in the following areas:

• Establishing or contesting paternity
• Enforcement of maintenance
• Legal questions regarding custody and access rights
• In particular, questions about the possibility of exercising joint parental care in the case of parents who are not married to each other
• naming rights
• Parentage law

The clerks in the business section are authorized to carry out notarizations in the following cases, among others:

• Acknowledgments of paternity with the corresponding declarations of consent
  Online application
• acknowledgements of maternity
• Maintenance obligations
• Declarations of custody
  These are the declarations of the parents required by law if parents of a child who are not married to each other wish to exercise parental custody jointly.
  Online application

If there is no legal representation for a minor child, the competent family court orders guardianship. In this case, parental custody is not only transferred for a specific area of responsibility, the guardian receives full parental custody and thus becomes the child's legal representative. The youth welfare office can also be appointed as guardian if no suitable individual guardian is available.
Guardianship is ordered in the following cases, for example:

• Withdrawal of parental custody
• Death of the parents with joint custody or the parent with sole custody
• Suspension of parental custody (e.g. in adoption proceedings or if the parents are unable to attend due to unknown whereabouts)

Do you want to help shape the future? Become a volunteer guardian!

Young people whose parents are unable to exercise their custody rights for various reasons need a legal representative (guardian) who is particularly committed to them and provides them with legal and personal support.

Voluntary guardians take care of, among other things

- adequate accommodation
- school matters
- the clarification of medical matters of considerable importance
- the settlement of financial matters
- correspondence with the authorities
In addition, personal contact with the young people should not be neglected.

We expect from you:

- Willingness for continuous, responsible, possibly long-term commitment
- An appreciative, unprejudiced attitude towards children and young people
- Willingness to cooperate with the youth welfare office and other institutions
- Openness and critical thinking
- Stamina even in difficult situations
- Time resources
- A clean criminal record
- Secure financial circumstances

This commitment involves providing comprehensive support for children and young people, even in difficult phases of their lives. If you are looking for a responsible and meaningful commitment with professional support and enjoy helping to shape the biographies of young people, then this voluntary position will give you the opportunity to get to know life in all its facets.

Introductory training by qualified instructors and regular professional and personal support by specialists from the Youth Welfare Office is guaranteed. We are happy to support you!

Contact

Peter Nied
Ludwigsburg District Office
Department 40 - Children, Youth and Family
Coordination of guardianships
Hindenburgstraße 30
71638 Ludwigsburg

Tel. no.: 07141 144-43536
Fax: 07141 144-59972
Mail: Peter.Nied[at]landkreis-ludwigsburg.de

If the parents of a minor child are not and were not married to each other and have not made a joint declaration of custody or obtained a court decision on custody, the mother can obtain written information from the custody register on request. This information is free of charge.

Online application:

Responsibility for the appointed official guardianships and trusteeships is not assigned according to the first letter of the child's surname. The responsibility for the individual guardianships/custodianships is held accordingly in the administrative secretariat.

Important note:
There are some part-time employees in our business section. Please note that you will not be able to reach these clerks during all business hours.
As a general rule, you can avoid waiting times by making an appointment with us by telephone.

We offer the above-mentioned services for citizens in the Vaihingen a. d. Enz area at our Franckstrasse 20 branch office.

The responsibilities here are divided according to the child's place of residence:

Important note:
Some part-time staff are employed in our office. Please note that you will not be able to reach these clerks during all business hours.
As a general rule, you can avoid waiting times by making an appointment with us by telephone.