Sources and method – Parents & Families

All information comes from legal texts and pages of authorities or service providers. Uncertain points are listed openly below.

List of sources

1. Bundesministerium der Justiz, Gesetze im Internet: § 66 EStG, § 32 EStG, §§ 1, 2, 6a and 6b BKGG, §§ 63, 64 EStG, § 3 AsylbLG, § 28 SGB II, § 34 SGB XII, § 45 SGB V, §§ 8, 8a, 8b, 24, 27, 36 SGB VIII, §§ 1603, 1610, 1626a, 1631, 1666 BGB, § 14 JuSchG. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
2. Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Kindergeld steigt ab Januar 2026 (press release no. 53 of 4 December 2025); Kinderzuschlag: Anspruch, Höhe, Dauer; Kinderzuschlag verstehen. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
3. Familienportal des Bundes: Bildung und Teilhabe; Krisentelefone und Anlaufstellen in Notlagen. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
4. Kultusministerkonferenz: Bildungswege und Abschlüsse in Deutschland. Retrieved 20 September 2026.
5. Nummer gegen Kummer e. V. (nummergegenkummer.de); Hilfe-Portal Sexueller Missbrauch (hilfe-portal-missbrauch.de); Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf, press release of 1 December 2025 on the Düsseldorfer Tabelle 2026; Act of 22 December 2025 (Pflege-Bürokratieabbau, § 45 Abs. 2a SGB V). Retrieved 20 September 2026.
6. State law (BY, NRW, BE): Bayerisches Erziehungs- und Unterrichtsgesetz (BayEUG), Schulgesetz NRW (SchulG NRW), Schulgesetz Berlin (SchulG Bln), Bayerisches Schulfinanzierungsgesetz (BaySchFG), Bayerisches Kinderbildungs- und -betreuungsgesetz (BayKiBiG), Kinderbildungsgesetz NRW (KiBiz), Tagesbetreuungskostenbeitragsfreiheitsgesetz Berlin (TKBG). Points marked "not checked in full text" come from secondary sources.

Uncertain and open points

• Child sick days: the special rule of 15/30 days applies only to 2026; as of 20 September 2026 there is no rule for 2027. Privately insured people are not covered.
• Child supplement: the way income is counted is not covered in depth.
• Child benefit: the child tax allowance is not covered in depth.
• Right to all-day care: grades 2 to 4 have no entitlement yet in 2026/2027; full coverage only in 2029/2030. Daycare fees and school law are state law.
• State law: only BY, NRW, BE checked (length of compulsory schooling, enrolment, choice of school, learning materials, transport, fines, special educational needs, organisation of all-day schooling); 13 other states not. Points based on secondary sources are marked in the text.
• Maintenance: offsetting of child benefit, minimum self-support amounts and BAföG are not covered.
• Custody: a possible reform of child law was not checked; the legal text as retrieved applies.
• Youth media protection: the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors in the Media, age limits for social networks and new rules in 2026 are not covered.

What this platform does – and what it does not

Wegweiser explains family law and family benefits in plain language and states legal bases, deadlines and figures from the sources named. It is not a substitute for legal advice or for a check of your individual case. It does not name local advice centres, addresses or phone numbers, except for services documented nationwide. No personal data is stored. Single parents, pregnancy and parental leave, separation and divorce, and care leavers have their own guides.