In nearly all cases of divorce (96%) in 2013 involving joint minors, parental custody was awarded to both parents (63.425 proceedings) because neither of the parents had applied for sole custody under Section 1671 (1) of the German Civil Code.

As reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) approximately 4.7 million investigation proceedings were completed by public prosecution offices in Germany in 2014. This was an increase of 3.5% on 2013 (approximately 4.5 million).

In 2013, approximately 755,900 defendants were convicted by a final judgment in Germany, which was a decrease of 2% from 2012 (773,900). The number of defendants convicted declined by 16% compared with 2007 (897,600), when criminal prosecution statistics were compiled for the first time for the whole of Germany.