Catalogue question 258 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
What is the youth welfare office in Germany allowed to do?
- It decides which school the child attends.
- It can remove a child who is being beaten or starved from the family. Correct
- It pays child benefit to the parents.
- It checks whether the child attends kindergarten.
Why — for every option
- A — The choice of school is made by the parents (or, depending on the school type, allocated by the school authority), not by the youth welfare office.
- B — Correct: in cases of acute risk to a child's welfare — such as abuse or neglect — the youth welfare office can intervene under § 8a of Book VIII of the Social Code / § 1666 of the Civil Code and take a child into care.
- C — Child benefit is paid out by the family benefits office (Federal Employment Agency), not by the youth welfare office.
- D — Checking whether a child attends kindergarten is not a typical task of the youth welfare office, especially since attending kindergarten is voluntary in Germany.
Source: www.gesetze-im-internet.de
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