Facts
The case concerns the question of whether the city of Kreuzlingen or the municipality of [U.] (Canton of St. Gallen) is responsible for the social assistance of the appellant [A.] . [A.] was born in 2018 and was placed together with his mother in a supervised living arrangement in [V.] (Canton of Thurgau) immediately after his birth. Due to the mother's mental health problems, the Child and Adult Protection Authority (KESB) deprived her of the right to determine [A.] 's place of residence and ordered his placement with a foster family in [V.] . The mother deregistered from [U.] in May 2018 and registered in Kreuzlingen, where she signed a rental contract. The guardian of [A.] requested the city of Kreuzlingen to cover the placement costs, but this was rejected.
The Administrative Court of the Canton of Thurgau dismissed the appeal against this rejection. The Federal Supreme Court confirmed this decision.
Considerations
The Federal Supreme Court states that according to the Jurisdiction Act (ZUG), the canton in which a person in need permanently resides is responsible for their social assistance (place of support). For minor children, a special regulation applies: they share the place of support of their parents or the parent who has parental custody. However, if they do not permanently reside with their parents or one parent, they have their own place of support at the last joint residence with their parents.
In the present case, [A.] was placed in foster care immediately after his birth, as his mother was unable…