A smaller and smaller proportion of the parents to pay in advance the by the state granted to the debtor. According to the Ministry for family Affairs, the is also the fact that the financial aid since the Reform in 2017, more frequently.
The state remains, when you advance to more and more money to sit. As a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of family Affairs has confirmed, the so-called return rate in the past year, with only 13 per cent. 2017 19 percent of the funds had been repaid, 2016 to 23 percent. The spokesman confirmed a report of the "süddeutsche Zeitung".
The advance a Single get from the state, if the other parent can't pay child support or refuses. In the case of parents who could pay the money actually, the state of the advance back ("recourse").
However, since mid-2017, the advance is paid not only up to the twelfth birthday, but up to the age of 18. Year of life. In addition, the assistance has been previously allowed only for a maximum of six years.