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If you are legally divorced and you are unable to support yourself, you can claim reasonable maintenance from your former spouse.

In principle, you and your former spouse are initially obliged to provide for your own maintenance on your own responsibility after the divorce. If you are unable to do so after the divorce, you can assert a claim for maintenance.
If you are unable to reach an agreement with your divorced spouse on an appropriate amount of maintenance, you can assert your claim for divorced maintenance in court.
For details, please contact a lawyer.
Further information can also be found in the maintenance guidelines of the Higher Regional Courts.

• Proof of income, assets and personal and economic circumstances
• If necessary, other supporting documents to be determined by the court
• If applicable, written assurance that the information provided is true and complete

• the spouses are legally divorced
• There is a legal requirement for alimony, e.g. alimony due to child care, old age, illness, unemployment, supplementary alimony.
• Entitlement existed at the time of divorce
• Need according to the marital living conditions
• You must be indigent.
  • Your income and your payment obligations as well as the obligation to your own gainful employment are decisive here.
• the claimant must be able to pay

An application for divorce maintenance can only be filed by a lawyer. This does not apply to proceedings for a temporary injunction. The lawyer appointed by you will determine which family court has local jurisdiction for you.

• The course of the court proceedings is essentially based on the rules governing civil proceedings.
• The court may order you and your former spouse to provide information about their respective income, assets and personal and economic circumstances. If you or your former spouse do not comply with this order within the set time limit, the court may independently obtain information, for example from employers or insurance companies.