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Applying for a certificate of miscarriage

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Schleswig-Holstein (Linie6Plus)

Service Description

If your child was stillborn and it is a miscarriage, you can report the birth to the registry office in whose jurisdiction the miscarriage occurred. The registry office will issue a certificate on request.

The competent registry office will issue a certificate of notification of miscarriage on request.

A miscarriage is defined as a foetus that showed no signs of life (heartbeat, pulsating umbilical cord, pulmonary respiration) when it was separated from the womb, weighed less than 500 grams and did not reach 24 weeks of pregnancy.

The registry office can issue a certificate of notification of miscarriage to the notifier on request.


Process flow
  • The registry office can issue a certificate of miscarriage to the notifying party on request.
  • The notification must be made verbally or in writing.
  • A certificate of miscarriage issued by a doctor, midwife or obstetrician is required for the full notification.
  • An identity card, passport or other recognized passport replacement document of the parents.
  • An indication of the intended surname and first name of the child.
  • The registry office issues the certificate on the basis of this information.
Who should I contact?

Registry office of the municipal, district or city administration in whose jurisdiction the miscarriage occurred.

Requirements
  • There was a miscarriage, which was reported to the relevant registry office with the necessary documents.
  • You can only register if you would have been entitled to custody of the child if it had been born alive, i.e. if you were married to each other at the time of the birth or if you were unmarried parents and made a joint declaration of custody before the child was born. If neither of these is the case, you as the mother have sole authority to apply.
Which documents are required?
  • A certificate of miscarriage issued by a doctor, midwife or obstetrician
  • An identity card, passport or other recognized passport replacement document of the parents
  • An indication of the intended surname and first name of the child
  • Mother's passport
  • Certificate of burial of the miscarriage, if applicable
What are the fees?
  • Costs may be incurred for issuing a certificate of miscarriage.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

As a rule, there are no time limits worth mentioning, as this is a matter of the persons concerned coming to terms with their grief. As there is no notarization and the certificate has no legal effect, the deadlines for reporting a live birth, for example, do not apply here.

Processing duration

Usually issued immediately.

Legal basis
Appeal
  • Objection
  • Contestation
  • declaratory proceedings Administrative court action
Applications / forms

None

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Teaser

If your child was stillborn and it is a miscarriage, you can report the birth to the registry office in whose jurisdiction the miscarriage occurred. The registry office will issue a certificate on request.

Process flow

  • The registry office can issue a certificate of miscarriage to the notifying party on request.
  • The notification must be made verbally or in writing.
  • A certificate of miscarriage issued by a doctor, midwife or obstetrician is required for the full notification.
  • An identity card, passport or other recognized passport replacement document of the parents.
  • An indication of the intended surname and first name of the child.
  • The registry office issues the certificate on the basis of this information.

Who should I contact?

Registry office of the municipal, district or city administration in whose jurisdiction the miscarriage occurred.

Requirements

  • There was a miscarriage, which was reported to the relevant registry office with the necessary documents.
  • You can only register if you would have been entitled to custody of the child if it had been born alive, i.e. if you were married to each other at the time of the birth or if you were unmarried parents and made a joint declaration of custody before the child was born. If neither of these is the case, you as the mother have sole authority to apply.

Which documents are required?

  • A certificate of miscarriage issued by a doctor, midwife or obstetrician
  • An identity card, passport or other recognized passport replacement document of the parents
  • An indication of the intended surname and first name of the child
  • Mother's passport
  • Certificate of burial of the miscarriage, if applicable

What are the fees?

  • Costs may be incurred for issuing a certificate of miscarriage.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

As a rule, there are no time limits worth mentioning, as this is a matter of the persons concerned coming to terms with their grief. As there is no notarization and the certificate has no legal effect, the deadlines for reporting a live birth, for example, do not apply here.

Processing duration

Usually issued immediately.

Legal basis

Appeal

  • Objection
  • Contestation
  • declaratory proceedings Administrative court action

Applications / forms

None

Author

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

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