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69,626 married couples with 115,843 underage children got divorced in Germany in 2022. This is in addition to the number of unmarried couples who separated, on whom there is no…
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German case law understands a threat to a child’s or adolescent’s welfare to be a danger of such a magnitude that, if not addressed, is highly likely to cause considerable damage to the…
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The taking into custody of a child or adolescent reflects, neutrally speaking, the right of a child or adolescent to request to be taken into custody because, for whatever reason, they…
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Besides offering counselling, encouragement, support and assistance, child and youth services is also responsible for protecting children from danger to their welfare (Article 1 [3] no.…
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Article 41 (1) of Book 8 of the Social Code (SGB VIII) states that young adults shall receive suitable and necessary support in cases where their personal development does not allow them…
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Child and youth services is one of the rehabilitation providers of integration support for young people with disabilities. Under the current legislation, they are solely responsible for…
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Responsibility to ensure the participation of persons with a disability lies with a number of different providers (see Integration support – Procedural requirements). On the one hand,…
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Integration support ensures that individuals with a disability can exercise their right to effectively and fully participate in political and public life on an equal basis with others, a…
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The diagram only refers to the number of minors in receipt of socio-educational support (Article 27, Book 8 of the Social Code [SGB VIII]). It does not include the approx. 143,000 cases…
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Socio-educational support provided in a home or other form of assisted living is considered a form of residential care. In accordance with Article 34 of Book 8 of the Social Code (SGB…
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