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Maintenance and Custody of Children
National Institute for Health and Welfare receives statistical
data from municipalities on maintenance agreements, on the
investigation and establishment of paternity, child custody and
access rights. The data are updated annually in May/June.
Child maintenance and custody 2010
In 2010, Social Welfare Boards confirmed a total of 42 600
maintenance agreements. This was nearly 3000 agreements (8%) more
than the previous year. Out of these agreements, 9200 consisted of
changes to existing agreements.
A total of 38 000 maintenance agreements remained in force.
There were 9 000 cases (one fourth of agreements) in 2010 in which
the specific sum of maintenance payments was not confirmed, for
reasons such as the liable parent's inadequate financial resources.
As of 2007, the number of non-confirmed maintenance agreements has
been increasing every year. In 2010, the number of agreements that
were not confirmed was 5000 higher than in 2006.
Where a sum in euro is confirmed for a maintenance agreement,
the sums are usually relatively small. Maintenance agreements were
generally of the order of under EUR 67 per month (24% of
agreements) or EUR 135-168 per month (23% of agreements).
A total of 45 000 agreements on child custody, right of access
and residence of children were confirmed. The agreements in
question concern 35 300 instances of child custody, 19 900
instances of residence and 18 600 instances of right of access. Out
of child custody agreements, 93 per cent concerned joint custody,
while 6 per cent awarded sole custody to the mother and less than
one per cent to the father. There were 24 200 cases of establishing
paternity in 2010.
Figure 1. Agreements confirmed by Social Welfare Boards
concerning maintenance payments, child custody, residence and right
of access, and establishment of paternity, 2000-2010
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Source of information:
Lapsen elatus ja huolto 2010 −
Underhåll och
vårdnad av barn 2010 −
Child Maintenance and Custody 2010.
Statistical Report 18/2011, 13th June 2011
Official Statistics of Finland, Social Protection 2011. THL.
Further information:
Anne Forss Tel. +358 20 610 7379 and
Salla Säkkinen Tel. +358 20 610 7064
E-mail:
firstname.lastname@thl.fi |
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Published 15.3.2006, Updated
18.1.2012
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