Unterhaltsheranziehung

If you receive assistance with living expenses, your relatives who are liable to pay maintenance may also be required to make maintenance payments by the competent authority.

Anyone who receives assistance with living expenses outside of institutions usually also has relatives or dependents who are obliged to provide maintenance.

• People who receive assistance with living expenses outside of institutions usually also have relatives or dependents who are obliged to pay maintenance.
• Those liable for maintenance are required to make maintenance payments by the local social welfare offices.
• Advice is provided by the social welfare office of the town or municipality in which the person in need of assistance lives.

Those liable for maintenance are required to make maintenance payments by the local social welfare offices.
Advice is provided by the social welfare office of the town or municipality in which the person in need of assistance lives.