This paper aims to give an overall view about the manteinance obligation and its regulation within the German Civil Law and the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (German Civil Code). Therefore, the following kinds of manteinance obligations are briefly discussed: between spouses during the marriage and after it´s dissolution, between members of a 'de facto' marriage, and between lineal relatives, parents towards their children, children towards their parents and grandparents towards their grandchildren.... [Leer más...]