The allowance is paid monthly, up to a maximum of 25 years of age of the child if the condition of being without care is met.
For a child to be considered without care for the purpose of a child allowance, the child must: a) be systematically preparing for a profession through full-time study at a secondary or higher education institution, b) be unable to prepare for a profession through study or engage in gainful activity due to illness or injury, c) be exempt from the obligation to attend school, d) be educated in a primary school for students with health disadvantages, or e) be, according to an assessment of the child’s long-term unfavorable health condition, incapable of systematic preparation for a profession or engaging in gainful activity, but only until the child reaches the age of majority.
A child is not considered without care for the purpose of a child allowance if: a) the child is entitled to a disability pension, or b) the child has already obtained higher education of the second degree.
The supplement to the child allowance is paid monthly together with the child allowance.
Eligible Person The eligible person to claim a child allowance is:
- the parent of the child without care,
- the parent to whom the child has been entrusted for personal care based on a court decision,
- a person to whom the child is entrusted for substitute care replacing parental care based on a valid court decision,
- a legal adult child if there is no parent of the child without care,
- a legal adult child if they have an adjusted maintenance obligation from their parents,
- a legal adult child who has been entrusted to substitute care replacing parental care until reaching adulthood,
- a legal adult child who has married,
- a legal adult child whose marriage has ended.
- a minor parent who has recognized parental rights and obligations.
If there are multiple eligible persons who meet the conditions specified by this law, the child allowance for the same child belongs to only one of them, according to their agreement.
If the court entrusts a minor child to the alternating personal care of both parents, or if the court approves an agreement between parents, the allowance and supplement to the allowance will be paid to the eligible person to whom the allowance and supplement were paid before the minor child was entrusted to the alternating personal care of both parents or before the approval of the parents’ agreement, provided that the parents of the minor child do not agree in writing on a change of the eligible person.
If parents to whom the child has been entrusted to alternating personal care agree in writing on the alternating receipt of the allowance and supplement to the allowance, each parent may claim the allowance and supplement to the allowance, but for a minimum period of six consecutive calendar months.
Eligible Person for the Supplement to the Allowance The eligible person to claim the supplement to the allowance is:
- the parent of the child without care, or
- a person to whom the child is entrusted for substitute care replacing parental care based on a valid court decision.
If there are multiple eligible persons who meet the conditions specified by this law, the supplement to the allowance for the same child belongs to the eligible person to whom the child allowance belongs.
Conditions for Entitlement The conditions for claiming a child allowance are:
- the care of the eligible person for the child without care,
- permanent residence or temporary residence of the eligible person (applies to foreigners) in the territory of the Slovak Republic, or the person according to the regulations of the European Parliament and the Council regulating the coordination of social security systems within the EU.
There is no entitlement to the allowance if:
- the child without care is provided care in a facility of socio-legal protection of children and social custody or in a special educational facility due to a court decision on the imposition of institutional care, interim measures, or a decision on the imposition of protective upbringing or educational measures,
- the child without care is in detention or serving a prison sentence,
- the eligible person and the child without care reside in a state that is not a member state of the European Union, a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or the Swiss Confederation, and during their stay in this state, the eligible person is not publicly health insured in the Slovak Republic.
Supplement to the Child Allowance is provided under the following conditions:
- meeting the conditions for claiming the allowance,
- receiving
- old-age pension,
- early old-age pension,
- disability pension due to a decrease in the ability to perform gainful activity by more than 70% according to a special regulation,
- service pension according to a special regulation
- after reaching the age required to claim an old-age pension according to a special regulation or
- receiving a pension of the same type abroad by the eligible person and another natural person who can claim a tax bonus according to §33 of Act No. 595/2003 Coll. on income tax (the second parent, the second substitute parent, or the spouse of the parent who is not the parent of the child without care, if they live with the child without care in the household),
- not engaging in gainful activity by the eligible person and another natural person who can claim a tax bonus according to § 33 of Act No. 595/2003 Coll. on income tax,
- not being obliged to participate in the implementation of active labor market policy measures according to the special regulation.
Amounts The child allowance amounts to 34.80 € per month, and the supplement to the child allowance amounts to:
- 34.80 € per month if the child is not entitled to a disability pension,
- 45.10 € per month if the child is entitled to a disability pension.
If multiple eligible persons claim the allowance or the supplement, the amount of the allowance or the supplement is divided equally among them, unless they agree otherwise in writing.
For each child without care, only one allowance and one supplement are paid.
The allowance and supplement to the allowance for the first calendar month are paid within 5 days from the day the application was submitted, and from the second calendar month, they are paid within 5 days from the day of the claim.
The child allowance is paid monthly, starting from the first day of the calendar month in which the conditions for entitlement to the allowance are met.
The supplement to the allowance is paid monthly, starting from the first day of the calendar month in which the conditions for entitlement to the supplement are met.
The child allowance is not paid for the calendar month in which the conditions for entitlement to the allowance are no longer met.
The supplement to the allowance is not paid for the calendar month in which the conditions for entitlement to the supplement are no longer met.
The child allowance is paid until the end of the calendar month in which the child without care reaches the age of 18, but no later than the end of the calendar month in which the child is no longer entitled to a child allowance or supplement.
The supplement to the allowance is paid until the end of the calendar month in which the child without care reaches the age of 26 if the child’s conditions are met, but no later than the end of the calendar month in which the child is no longer entitled to a supplement to the allowance.
In the event of a child’s death, the allowance and supplement to the allowance are paid until the end of the calendar month in which the child died.
If parents to whom the child has been entrusted to alternating personal care agree in writing on the alternating receipt of the allowance and supplement to the allowance, each parent may claim the allowance and supplement to the allowance, but for a minimum period of six consecutive calendar months.