parenthood

mothers

Why some single mums feel 'invisible' in Germany's coronavirus crisis

Germany's huge coronavirus rescue packages have won praise at home and abroad. But for divorced caterer Lulu Pototschnik the financial aid remains tantalisingly out of reach -- and she's not the only single mum slipping through the cracks.

rights

Law to force mums to give up identity of child's real father

Germany has drafted a law requiring mothers to inform their partners if their children were fathered by another man, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday.

court

Men cannot be forced to take fatherhood tests: top court

Germany's top court decided on Tuesday that people's right right to know their parents is not unconditional, when it rejected an attempt by a woman to make the man she believes is her father take a DNA test.

parenthood

Infertile men must pay costs for donor babies

Germany's highest court has ruled that infertile men who agree for their partners to be artificially inseminated must pay their share of parenting costs for the child.