Consent: templates and forms
3 forms available to fill out or download.
Other parent's consent to a child's ID card or passport (Germany)
The written consent of the parent who cannot come along when a child's ID card or passport is applied for in Germany. Where parental responsibility is joint, both parents apply; the one who cannot attend sends written consent with their ID card or a copy. The consent also confirms the child's habitual residence, which some offices ask about. Many German towns offer their own consent form free of charge — this document is an independently worded alternative. In German; fill in, print and sign by hand.
Parents' consent for a minor to travel abroad (Germany)
A consent for a child travelling abroad from Germany without their parents, with only one parent, with grandparents or alone. German law does not require one, but the German Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt) and the Federal Police recommend it. It holds what they recommend: the child's details, the details of each holder of parental responsibility and how to reach them, the journey and the accompanying adult. Written in German with an English translation on the page. Whether the signatures must be certified or translated depends on the destination. Fill in, print, sign by hand and hand it over with copies of your ID.
Living will: advance decisions on medical treatment (Germany)
The German Federal Ministry of Justice offers free text modules for a living will (Patientenverfügung); this document is our own wording under § 1827 of the German Civil Code (BGB). You set out in which situations your decisions apply — the dying phase, terminal illness, severe brain damage, advanced dementia — and decide on each measure separately: life-sustaining treatment, pain relief, artificial nutrition and hydration, resuscitation, ventilation, dialysis, antibiotics, blood and organ donation. Situations and measures are named specifically, as the Federal Court of Justice requires. In German, signed by hand; no notary.