{
  "id": 19507901,
  "title": "Austerity measures: Draft: Maintenance advance only up to 40,000 euros",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/sparma-nahmen-entwurf-unterhaltsvorschuss-nur-noch-bis-40-000-euro",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-11T14:38:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/sparmassnahmen-entwurf-unterhaltsvorschuss-nur-noch-bis-40000-euro/100269166.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The German Family Ministry has proposed a law that would stop paying child support advances to single parents who earn more than 40,000 euros per year. The limit increases by 10,000 euros for each additional child, with a monthly gross income of around 4,500 euros for one child being the lower threshold. The proposal, which is still under discussion, aims to encourage non-paying parents to fulfill their obligations, with the state currently recovering only 17 percent of the 3.2 billion euros paid out in advances in 2024. The plan is part of a coalition agreement between the Union and SPD to take tougher action against parents who fail to pay child support.",
  "summary": "If the other parent does not pay maintenance, the state steps in for single parents' children. A draft bill now provides for an income limit - but nothing has been decided yet.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}