A child stays with a caregiver Accompaniment

The foster children's service can support the foster parents if a child is to live permanently in a foster family because the conditions in the family of origin are not improving in the long term.

If the living conditions in the original family of a foster child do not improve in the long term, the child can be permanently placed in a foster family. If the parents do not agree to this, the family court can order the child to remain in the foster family. Foster carers can be supported in this way.

The foster children's service can also apply to remain in the foster family itself.

Family court

Please contact the youth welfare office or family court responsible for you.

Different documents are required depending on the individual case constellation. The childcare service supports the caregivers in selecting the documents.

• A foster child has been living in a foster family for a long time.
• The child's parents or persons with the right to determine the child's place of residence demand the child's return.
• The physical, emotional or mental well-being of the child is endangered by the removal from the foster family.
• The foster carers want / need support from the foster children's service.

• The foster carers contact the foster children's service with the request for support/accompaniment if the child is requested to be returned.
• The foster carers must apply to the family court for the child to remain in the foster family. The family court in whose district the child lives has jurisdiction.
• The court must also take action ex officio so that the youth welfare office can also submit a corresponding application.
• Until the proceedings have been concluded, the court can issue a temporary order allowing the foster child to remain with the foster family until a decision is made.
• Foster children aged 14 and over must always be heard by the court in proceedings concerning the care of persons or property. A child under the age of 14 is heard if his or her inclinations, attachments or will are important for the decision or if it appears necessary to establish the facts of the case.
• The court's decision is always based on the "best interests of the child" principle.

There is no deadline.

After being contacted by the foster carers, the Foster Children's Service will begin assisting with the proceedings to "keep a child with foster carers". The length of the procedure depends on the duration of the court proceedings before the family court.

There are no costs.