Constitutional validity of custody-linked housing allowance typification under Art. 3 and 6 GG
Germany (DE)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Federal Administrative Court admitted an appeal on points of law (Revision) to the Federal Administrative Court, thereby allowing the plaintiff's challenge to proceed. The dispute concerns a classification requirement under § 5 Abs. 6 Satz 1 of the Housing Allowance Act (WoGG) that ties benefits to the custody arrangement of separated parents, with the plaintiff arguing that this typization is unconstitutional. The court found the appeal for failure of justice permissible and substantiated, specifically to resolve the fundamental question of whether the statutory link between custody status and housing allowance eligibility complies with the constitutional equality and family protection guarantees under Articles 3 and 6 of the Basic Law.
Legislator headnote
AI generated§ 132 Abs. 2 Satz 1 VwGO, Art. 3 GG, Art. 6 GG; Constitutional validity of custody-linked housing allowance typification under Art. 3 and 6 GG: The dispute concerns a classification requirement under § 5 Abs. 6 Satz 1 of the Housing Allowance Act (WoGG) that ties benefits to the custody arrangement of separated parents, with the plaintiff arguing that this typization is unconstitutional. The court found the appeal for failure of justice permissible and substantiated, specifically to resolve the fundamental question of whether the statutory link between custody status and housing allowance eligibility complies with the constitutional equality and family protection guarantees under Articles 3 and 6 of the Basic Law.
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AI generatedMain ground for the verdict, as it is the provision cited to justify the admission of the revision due to the fundamental significance of the legal issue.
Substantive constitutional norm cited in the operative outcome to define the fundamental legal question that the revision will address regarding the compatibility of the statutory typification.
Substantive constitutional norm cited in the operative outcome to define the fundamental legal question that the revision will address regarding the compatibility of the statutory typification.
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Revisionszulassung; Typisierung in § 5 Abs. 6 WoGG; getrennt lebende Eltern
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Die Beschwerde des Klägers ist zulässig und begründet. Die Revision ist nach § 132 Abs. 2 Satz 1 VwGO wegen grundsätzlicher Bedeutung der Rechtssache zuzulassen.
Die Revision kann dem Senat Gelegenheit geben, die grundsätzliche Frage zu klären, ob die typisierende Anknüpfung in § 5 Abs. 6 Satz 1 WoGG an das Sorgerecht getrennt lebender Eltern mit grundrechtlichen Anforderungen aus Art. 3 und 6 GG zu vereinbaren ist.