If a baby who was carried for more than six months dies shortly before or after birth, a death certificate must be drawn up of this, as for any other death.

Target Group

Burger

Conditions

Declaration of a stillborn child is mandatory from a gestational age of 180 days (26 weeks or 6 months).
If the child was carried between 140 and 179 days, the baby can be legally declared and officially given a name.
If the child was not carried for 140 days, the baby is not legally declared and is not officially named.

Proof

Death certificate and a medical certificate (no conditions are set for the medical certificate)

Procedure

Procedure
The declaration must be made to the registrar of births, marriages and deaths at the place of death. The declaration can be done by the parents or by the funeral director.

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Declaration of death of a stillborn child

Target Group

Conditions

Proof

Procedure

ProcedureThe declaration must be made to the registrar of births, marriages and deaths at the place of death. The declaration can be done by the parents or by the funeral director.

Procedure
The declaration must be made to the registrar of births, marriages and deaths at the place of death. The declaration can be done by the parents or by the funeral director.