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Field help: (2024) We have a maintenance obligation towards the child or the child belonged to our household.

This text refers to the Steuererklärung 2024. You can find the version for the Steuererklärung 2025 at:
(2025): We have a maintenance obligation towards the child or the child belonged to our household.

Select "Yes" if you want to claim child allowance as a step/grandparent,

Because you have taken the child into your household or
Because you have a specific maintenance obligation towards the child/grandchild, e.g. if one or both parents are unable to fulill this responsibility.

Please submit "Form K - Consent to the transfer of child allowance and child-rasising allowance" with your tax return to prove the parental consent for transfer of these allowances.