By means of the Act for the Reform of the Maintenance Law (
Gesetz zur Änderung des Unterhaltsrechts), which has entered into force on 1 January 2008, the legislature has reformed the maintenance law with the objectives of strengthening the best interests of the child, relieving the economic burden on so-called second families and simplifying legislation. From then on, the principle of each spouse’s personal responsibility in economic matters has applied more strongly in the law governing maintenance after divorce. According to § 1569 of the Civil Code (
Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch – BGB), new version, each spouse is responsible for providing for his or her own maintenance after divorce unless he or she is not in a position to do this. The newly created § 1578b BGB has opened the possibility of reducing post-marital maintenance, and/or of setting a time-limitation to it, under equity aspects in individual cases. Furthermore, the order of priority of those entitled to maintenance in the event that the person liable for maintenance is unable to pay maintenance to all (so-called cases of shortfall) has been newly determined in § 1609 BGB: while the minor children are accorded the first rank, divorced and subsequent spouses are, in principle, equal in rank.
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Quelle: Pressemitteilung des Bundesgerichtshofs vom 11.02.2011
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