Authority to collect a child from kindergarten or after-school club (Austria)
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The written authority by which parents holding custody tell a kindergarten, crèche or after-school club (Hort) in Austria who else may collect their child — grandparents, neighbours, older siblings. With the child, the parents and each authorised person, valid until revoked in writing. Kindergartens are a matter for each Austrian Land: the Land’s and the facility’s rules, such as a minimum age, take precedence, and if the facility has its own form, that applies. In German, ready to print, sign and hand in.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Institution
- Austrian Land of the facility
- Child
- Child's date of birth
- Group at the kindergarten or after-school club
- Parent
- Parent's academic degree (if any)
- Parent's date of birth
- Parent's address
- Phone
- Other parent
- Other parent's academic degree (if any)
- Other parent's date of birth
- Other parent's address
- Other parent's phone
- Custody of the child (Obsorge)
- People authorised to collect: name, date of birth, relationship to the child, phone
- Start date
- City
- Date
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Common questions
- Who may collect a child from a kindergarten or Hort in Austria?
- The parents holding custody and the people they name to the facility in writing. Kindergartens and after-school clubs are a matter for the Länder; the details are in the Land’s law and in the facility’s own rules, which take precedence over this authority. Many facilities do not accept an authority given by phone and have their own form — then use it, or attach this authority if the facility allows.
- May an under-age sibling collect a child from kindergarten in Austria?
- That is for the Land’s law and the facility to decide. Under many facilities’ rules a minor may collect a child only if able to supervise reliably; some providers set a minimum age, such as 14 for siblings. Ask the facility before naming a minor, and give the minor’s date of birth.
- How is a kindergarten collection authority changed or revoked in Austria?
- In writing to the facility: hand in a new, dated authority or give written notice of revocation, and have receipt confirmed on a copy. Many facilities do not accept a phone call for this. Where both parents hold custody, either may act alone (§ 167 Abs 1 ABGB); the template still has lines for both.
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