"Düsseldorf Table" 2023: More maintenance for children

Created: 2022-12-05 2:19 p.m

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Minors as well as children of separation who are of age are entitled to higher maintenance from the new year.

At the same time, the personal needs of the maintenance debtors are increased.

This emerges from the new so-called Düsseldorf table, which the Higher Regional Court (OLG) of the North Rhine-Westphalian state capital published on Monday.

Dusseldorf - In the income class up to 1900 euros, the minimum maintenance for children up to the age of five will increase from January 1st compared to the previous year by 41 to 437 euros.

For children from six to eleven there is then 502 euros and thus 47 euros more.

For children from 12 to 17 years it is a total of 588 euros - 55 euros more.

The rates also increase for adult children and in other income groups.

The "Düsseldorf Table" is the guideline for all higher regional courts in Germany for determining and assessing child support.

It has been published by the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court since 1979.

The Maintenance Commission of the German Family Court Day is also involved in its creation.

However, it does not have a legally binding effect.

The requirement rate for students who do not live with their parents or one of their parents climbs from 860 to 930 euros on January 1st.

This includes 410 euros in warm rent, as the OLG further announced.

The minimum requirement can - depending on the position in life of the parents - vary upwards.

The full amount of the child benefit is generally offset against the maintenance requirement for children of full age, and half for minors.

The deductibles, i.e. the minimum that must remain for those obliged to pay maintenance, will also be increased in the new year: by 160 to 1120 euros for those who are not employed and by 210 to 1370 euros for employed debtors.

The Düsseldorf table contains 15 income groups up to a net income of the person liable for maintenance of 11,000 euros.

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