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Nationwide digital service for family law formalities

We have developed a forward-looking, digitally deployable solution for the recognition of paternity and maternity as well as declarations of custody for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen within the framework of the Online Access Act (OZG).

Shortcuts to the project

This project focused on accelerating and simplifying the certification process at youth welfare offices by digitizing the application process. Citizens can now quickly and easily submit the necessary paperwork online, allowing the required certification appointment at the youth welfare office to be processed more quickly. The jurisdiction finder is used to determine the correct authority to which to submit an appointment request.

Design phase

Together with partners such as Dataport and the youth welfare office, we developed the legal and functional requirements to ensure a user-centered service. It was necessary for the online service to meet the minimum requirements of the EfA principle (“one for all”) in order to be rolled out to other federal states and municipalities at a later date.

Implementation phase

An agile, cross-functional team made up of our employees developed a minimum viable product (MVP) within three months, which was launched immediately afterwards. Two months later, the extended minimal marketable product (MMP) followed. The online service was implemented in close cooperation with the project partners and using agile methods.

Technological implementation

The solution was developed on the modular OSI framework, which provides a flexible and expandable platform for the service. Automated testing procedures and multi-stage quality assurance ensure the integrity and security of the service.

Agile methods such as Scrum and Kanban

OSI Framework, supported by tools such as Adobe XD and dDatabox

Continuous integration and continuous deployment with Azure DevOps

Beispielbild für digitales Serviceportal familienrechtliche Formalitäten

Results and availability

The online service went live as an MVP in December 2022 and was supplemented in March 2023 by the MMP, which offers additional functions and expands the scope of application.

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Tascha Schnitzler

Title: Partnermanagement & Business Development