“Düsseldorfer Tisch” 2022: This is due to children separated in terms of maintenance

New “Düsseldorfer Table”
Maintenance for separated children is increasing: this is how much will have to be paid in 2022

Separated children who are entitled to maintenance will be entitled to a little more money from January 2022 (symbol image)

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The “Düsseldorfer table” shows how much maintenance the separated children are entitled to. Rates will rise in 2022, albeit only slightly.

Maintenance will increase again in 2022, and according to the so-called “Düsseldorfer table”, separated children are entitled to a little more money in the new year. However, in many cases the increase is less than one percent, as the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court announced on Monday.

According to this, the minimum maintenance from January 1, 2022 for children between one and five years of age is 396 euros per month, an increase of three euros. For children from six to eleven it is 455 euros and thus four euros more. For children aged 12 to 17 it is five euros more, namely 533 euros.

The maintenance is calculated using the table according to the income classes of the person liable for maintenance. The requirement rate for students who do not live with their parents or one of the parents remains unchanged from 2021 at 860 euros. The table has also been expanded up to an income limit of 11,000 euros per month.

In the case of separated parents, child benefit is offset against the maintenance

The “Düsseldorfer Table” is the guideline of all higher regional courts in Germany for the determination and assessment of child support. It has been published by the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court since 1979. The maintenance commission of the German Family Court Association is also involved in its creation.

The complete “Düsseldorfer table” for the year 2022 can be found here on the website of the OLG Düsseldorf

Half of the child benefit is usually offset against the maintenance requirement for underage children and in full for children of legal age.

The deductibles, i.e. the minimum that the person liable for maintenance must remain, will remain unchanged in 2022. If the housing costs are higher than the estimated, the deductible can be increased in individual cases.

The first ten income groups in the table for incomes up to 5500 euros remain unchanged compared to 2021. For this, the Düsseldorf table was increased by five additional income groups up to an adjusted income of 11,000 euros

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