Your own gross annual income · tap or drag
Nursing home or care costs minus the parents' pension and own assets.
No parental maintenance owed
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€0Your gross annual income is at or below €100,000. Since the Relatives Relief Act (2020), children below this threshold are generally not obliged to pay parental maintenance.
Threshold under § 94 para. 1a SGB XII
Gross annual income €60,000 – limit €100,000.
What you can do
Your own gross annual income is at or below the statutory threshold of €100,000. You are generally not liable for parental maintenance (§ 94 para. 1a SGB XII, Relatives Relief Act).
A presumption rule applies: the welfare office only asks about your income details if there are concrete indications that the threshold is exceeded.
€100,000 threshold (§ 94 para. 1a SGB XII)
Since the Relatives Relief Act (2020), children only have to pay if their own gross annual income exceeds €100,000. The income of a spouse or partner does not count towards this threshold.
What is parental maintenance?
If parents in need of care cannot cover their living costs themselves (e.g. nursing home costs) and the social welfare office steps in, it may, under certain circumstances, claim reimbursement from the children (§ 94 SGB XII). Since 2020, this only applies once the child's gross annual income exceeds €100,000.
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