Detailed description
If you as the mother are not married to the child's father and no entries have been made in the custody register, you can request a certificate of sole custody (negative certificate).
A custody register is kept there for children of parents who are not married to each other. Entries are made in this custody register if:
- Declarations of care must be made.
- Based on a final court decision, custody has been transferred in whole or in part jointly.
- Custody has been completely or partially withdrawn from the mother or transferred to the father due to a final court decision.
If no entry has been made in the custody register, you will be issued with a written certificate of sole custody. If entries have been made in the custody register based on a court decision that relate to the distribution of parental custody, you will receive written information that entries have been made in the custody register.