Service Finder
Get support in enforcing a child's permanent placement with caregivers
Service Description
If the living conditions in a foster child's original family do not improve in the long term, he or she can be placed in the foster family permanently. If the parents do not agree, the family court can order the child to remain in the foster family. Foster parents can be supported in this way.
The foster child service can also apply to remain in the foster family itself.
Process flow
- The foster carers contact the foster child service with the request for support / accompaniment if the surrender of the child is demanded.
- The foster carers must apply to the family court for the child to remain in the foster family. The family court in whose district the child's center of life is located is responsible.
- The court must also take action ex officio, so that the youth welfare office can also file a corresponding application.
- Pending the conclusion of the proceedings, the court can issue a temporary order according to which the foster child remains with the foster family until a decision is reached.
- Foster children 14 years of age and older must always be heard by the court in proceedings concerning the care of persons or property. A child under 14 years of age shall be heard if his or her inclinations, attachments or will are of importance to the decision or if it appears necessary to establish the facts of the case.
- The court's decision is in any case based on the "best interests of the child" principle.
Competent authority
The foster child service of the local youth welfare office
Requirements
- A foster child has been living in a foster family for a long time.
- The child's parents or persons with the right to determine the child's whereabouts demand that the child be handed over.
- The physical, emotional or mental well-being of the child is endangered by removal from the foster family.
- The foster carers want / need support from the foster child service.
Which documents are required?
Depending on the individual case constellation, different documents are required. The child care service, supports the caregivers in the selection of documents.
What are the fees?
There are no costs involved.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
There is no deadline.
Processing duration
The foster care service, after being contacted by the foster carers, will start the accompaniment in the procedures for "keeping a child with foster carers". The length of the procedure depends on the duration of the legal proceedings in the family court.
Legal basis
Further Information
Author
The text was automatically translated based on the German content.
Technically approved by
Senator for Justice and Constitution of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Professionally released on
11.01.2023
Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)
