Maintenance

Under current law, maintenance claims are transferred by law to the Hagen Job Center up to the amount of benefits under SGB II (Social Security Code II) and are asserted by us.

In principle, there is a priority maintenance obligation in the case of

• Parents of minor, unmarried children
• Parents of privileged adult, unmarried children without school or vocational training, including due to illness, who have not yet reached the age of 25
• unmarried mothers/fathers
• separated spouses
• divorced spouses
• separated registered partners whose partnership has been dissolved

If you are entitled to benefits, the person responsible for maintenance (father or mother of the child/children) will be notified of this by the Hagen Job Center and asked to provide information about their income and financial circumstances. They are obliged to provide this information to the Job Center.

If this review reveals that the person liable for maintenance is able to make payments, a payment request will be issued. As these are claims under private law, no objection is possible.

Advance maintenance payments (UVG)

If you do not receive child support for your children, you have the option of applying for advance child support payments (UVG).

UVG (advance child support payments) are social benefits for single parents. You are eligible if the biological parent does not pay child support for the child living with you. UVG and citizen's income can be paid at the same time. UVG is counted as income for your child's monthly needs.

The Youth Welfare Office of the City of Hagen is responsible for this.

Applications can be downloaded from the City of Hagen website.

Inform the JC immediately if you have applied for UVG. You can do this here: