The term used in section 1600 of BGB is Zuständigkeit and is translated to English as (jurisdiction)
(6) The Land governments are authorised to specify the public authorities under subsection (1) no. 5 by statutory order. The Land governments may transfer this authorisation by statutory order to the competent supreme Land authorities. If the public authority does not have local jurisdiction under these provisions, the jurisdiction is determined by the seat of the court that is competent for the action.
while the term Gerichtsbarkeit was used in section 1592
and is translated to (jurisdiction)
3. whose paternity has been judicially established under section 1600d or section 182 (1) of the Act on the Procedure in Family Matters and in Matters of Non-contentious Jurisdiction [Gesetz über das Verfahren in Familiensachen und in den Angelegenheiten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit].
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