[HIGHLIGHTS] Deadlines, rules and examples: How long do you receive child benefit?

In order to support families financially, the state pays monthly child benefit. How long this is the case depends on various factors.

If parents have German citizenship and live in Germany, they receive child benefit every month. This also applies to foreign citizens as long as they come from an EU country or Norway, Switzerland, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Parents who have fled Ukraine, as well as refugees and those entitled to asylum who are generally recognized, also receiveChild benefit ends on your 25th birthday.