Childcare Maintenance
Maintenance on account of childcare.
Whoever cares for a shared child can claim childcare maintenance from the other parent, because caregiving makes gainful employment harder. This also applies to unmarried parents, usually at least for the first years of the child's life.
The relevant statutes
§ 1570 BGB
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