Certificate of descent
The descent certificate was a civil status certificate according to German law to prove the birth of a child.
The main purpose of the pedigree certificate was to establish a ban on marriage for adopted children. Since this had hardly any practical significance, the certificate of parentage was abolished on January 1, 2009 by the Civil Status Reform Act.
Pedigree certificates were issued until December 31, 2008 by the registry office that certified the birth. Among other things, they contained the child's name , gender, date of birth, place of birth and the names of the parents . Any changes that have occurred since the child's birth, such as adoption or name change , were also listed in a parentage certificate.
Certificates of descent were documents that reflected actual descent. When registering for a marriage , it was necessary to submit either excerpts or copies from the family register, which had also been abolished in 2009, or a certificate of descent at the registry office, as this only revealed who the birth parents are. Since 2009, a certified register printout of the birth entry , which also contains information about the birth parents, has been required instead of the marriage . In contrast, the birth certificate only contains the “ legal parents ”, especially the adoptive parents.
However, the biological paternity of the alleged biological father according to the certificate of parentage or the certified register printout is not guaranteed.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ German Bundestag , draft of a law to reform civil status law (Personal Status Law Reform Act - PStRG), BT-Drs. 16/1831, 36, ( PDF ; 1.6 MB).
- ↑ Section 5 (1) of the Personal Status Act (PStG) of August 8, 1957, Federal Law Gazette I p. 1125.
- ↑ Section 12 (2) No. 1 PStG of February 19, 2007, Federal Law Gazette I p. 122.
