Also means
alimony law
Usage Note
Unterhaltsrecht is the area of German family law (BGB §§1601–1615) governing financial support obligations between relatives — parents toward children, spouses toward each other after separation. The Düsseldorfer Tabelle is the practical guide to amounts.
Examples
"Nach der Scheidung stritten sie sich jahrelang um das Unterhaltsrecht."
Natural Translation
After the divorce they argued for years about maintenance law.
Literal Translation
After the divorce argued they years-long about the maintenance-law.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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