The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Why some single mums feel 'invisible' in Germany's coronavirus crisis Germany's huge coronavirus rescue packages have won praise at home and abroad. But for divorced caterer Lulu Pototschnik the financial aid remains tantalisingly out of reach -- and she's not the only single mum slipping through the cracks. https://www.thelocal.de/20200805/single-mums-feel-invisible-in-germanys-coronavirus-crisis Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:49:43 +0200 single-mums-feel-invisible-in-germanys-coronavirus-crisis Law to force mums to give up identity of child's real father Germany has drafted a law requiring mothers to inform their partners if their children were fathered by another man, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160829/law-to-force-mums-to-tell Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:03:52 +0200 law-to-force-mums-to-tell Men cannot be forced to take fatherhood tests: top court Germany's top court decided on Tuesday that people's right right to know their parents is not unconditional, when it rejected an attempt by a woman to make the man she believes is her father take a DNA test. https://www.thelocal.de/20160419/men-cannot-be-forced-to-take-fatherhood-tests-top-court Tue, 19 Apr 2016 13:48:53 +0200 men-cannot-be-forced-to-take-fatherhood-tests-top-court Infertile men must pay costs for donor babies Germany's highest court has ruled that infertile men who agree for their partners to be artificially inseminated must pay their share of parenting costs for the child. https://www.thelocal.de/20150925/court-impotent-men-must-pay-parenting-costs Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:00:55 +0200 court-impotent-men-must-pay-parenting-costs