Matthias Westerholt

Matthias Westerholt (born September 28, 1963 in Bremen ) is a German lawyer and specialist lawyer for family law in Bremen.

Life

Matthias Westerholt founded a law firm in Bremen after studying law in Freiburg , Munich , Göttingen and Münster , after a one-year study visit to New Zealand and after teaching at the chair for public law at the University of Wuppertal . At an early stage, the focus of his legal and voluntary work was on child-related legal issues.

He is chairman of the association Kinder habenrechte e. V., on the board of the Fluchtraum e. V., a lobbying organization for unaccompanied minor refugees, and spokesman for the federal working group for procedural advisors for the state of Bremen .

Westerholt advises children who live in foster and adoptive families and their relatives in various functions. He is the chairman of the PIVKE e. V., which is dedicated to the well-being of foster and adopted children in the Verden district , and member of the legal advisory board at the Foundation for the Welfare of Foster Children in Holzminden . In addition, he regularly advises numerous institutions of free youth welfare, as well as clubs and associations in the field of child and youth work. Matthias Westerholt is the author of over 20 relevant publications, guides and commentaries on youth welfare law.

Memberships

• Children have rights Bremen eV
• Children have rights Münster eV
• Fluchtraum Bremen eV
• Forum education
• Federal working group guardian ad litem
• Foundation for the well-being of the foster child

Fonts

Essays

• Partiality in the new child law using the example of the guardian ad litem. In: Partiality in Social Work. Yearbook of the social affairs department of the Münster University of Applied Sciences , Münster 2000.
• Possibilities for intervention by the state youth welfare office according to SGB VIII (§ 45, § 48) in the event of sexual abuse by employees in institutions. In: Jörg M. Fegert , Mechthild Wolf (Hrsg.): Sexual abuse by professionals. Munster 2002.
• Prohibition of activity according to SGB VIII. Expert hearing. In: Julia Zinsmeister (ed.): Sexual violence against disabled people and the law. Opladen 2003.
• Legal foundations of the profession of physiotherapist . In: Antje Hüter-Becker, Mechthild Dölken (Hrsg.): Profession, law, scientific work. Stuttgart 2004.
• The legal right to attend kindergarten and its legal consequences. In: Ilse Wehrmann (Hrsg.): Kindergartens and their future. Beltz, Weinheim et al. 2004.

Comments

• M. Westerholt (Ed.): Child and youth welfare (SGB VIII). Case law collection. Münster 2001, ISBN 3-933158-19-2 .
• with Jochem Baltz: Implementing laws for the Child and Youth Welfare Act for Lower Saxony and Bremen. Loose-leaf comment. State edition of Lower Saxony. In: Local government practice. Kommunal- und Schul-Verlag Wiesbaden, Walluf 2007, ISBN 978-3-8293-0775-8 .
• M. Westerholt: Liability in child and youth work. International Federation, 2010.

Monographs

• with M. Malika: Kafala refused - adoption undesirable. The Abdelouahad case. Münster 2012, ISBN 978-3-943150-04-9 .

Web links

• Professional, technical and other activities. Westerholt + Partner law firm, accessed on April 28, 2015 . 
• Press review. Westerholt + Partner law firm, accessed on April 28, 2015 .