Family Law / Child Support

Both parents have the obligation to support their children according to their means. Each case is different and the Courts take into consideration, when ruling on the child support that a parent is to give, the financial status of each parent.
The obligation of child support only applies towards children that cannot provide for their own maintenance.
The parent's obligation to support his/her children may continue and after the age of 18 if the children are studying or cannot financial support themselves.

When a child is born out of wedlock, only once the fatherhood of the child is legally acknowledged, the father is obliged to pay child support.
However, if the mother of the child has financial problems and the fatherhood of the child is very probable, then the Court may order the alleged father to pay child support through injunction measures and up until the Court determines the paternity of the child born out of wedlock.