Comparative law notes
The German term is broader and encompasses a whole range of support payments. A form of child support is really one form of that support and has a very specific meaning in some countries like the US.
There are multiple definitions - click on the translation that matches your context.
- Kindesunterhalt
- Unterhaltsrente
- Kinderzuschlag
- Unterhalt
child support means:
- support payments
- child support
- spousal maintenance
Unterhaltsrente means:
Unterhaltsrente
Substantiv
partial
child support
noun
Definitions of child support
(US FAMILY LAW)a parent's legal obligation to contribute to the economic maintenance and education of a child until either the age of majority, the child's emancipation (=where a minor becomes an adult in practice, usually by receiving a declaration of liberation from a court expressly for this purpose) before reaching the age of majority or the child's completion of secondary education
The couple completely failed in their child support obligations..
money paid, generally following the separation of a child's parents, by the parent who no longer has custody of the child to the parent who has custody
A man who donated sperm to a lesbian couple told of his anger at being made to pay child support for their two children.