Law on Legal Fees in Family Matters

Basic data
Title:	Law on Legal Fees in Family Matters
Abbreviation:	FamGKG
Type:	Federal law
Scope:	Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter:	Cost law
References :	361-5
Issued on:	December 17, 2008 ; ( BGBl. I p. 2586, 2666 )
Entry into force on:	September 1, 2009
Last change by:	Art. 5 G of June 19, 2019 ; ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 840, 842 )
Effective date of the ; last change:	June 28, 2019 ; (Art. 9 G of June 19, 2019)
GESTA :	C071
	Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The German law on court costs in family matters , abbreviated FamGKG , regulates the determination of costs in family law proceedings. Together with the law on the procedure in family matters and in matters of voluntary jurisdiction (FamFG) it came into force on September 1, 2009. It replaced the legal cost regulations in the Court Fees Act (GKG) and in the cost regulations (KostO).

structure

Section 1 - General provisions (§§ 1 to 8)

Section 2 - Due date (§§ 9 to 11)

Section 3 - Advance payment and advance payment (Sections 12 to 17)

Section 4 - Cost Approach (Sections 18 to 20)

Section 5 - Cost liability (§§ 21 to 27)

Section 6 - Fee Regulations (Sections 28 to 32)

Section 7 - Value Regulations

Section 8 - Reminder and Complaint (Sections 57 to 61)

Section 9 - Final and Transitional Provisions (Sections 62 to 64)

Annexes 1 and 2

Peter Hartmann, Cost Laws. Commentary , 40th edition, Verlag CH Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-60135-4 .