Child entrustment

If, for serious reasons, the parent cannot provide personal care of their under-aged child or if the child´s  raising has been seriously endangered or impaired, the court can entrust the child in substitute personal or tutor´s care. If entrustment in substitute personal or tutor´s care isn´t possible, the court can order the institutional care.  

Competent staff of the Department of Social-Legal Protection of Children and Social Curatorship will provide you with consultations and assistance.  

The state supports substitute care of a child with contributions – social allowances – provided that the care of a child is provided in person based on the court decision. 

Substitute care of a child refers to:

a)     entrustment of an under-aged child to personal care of other physical individual than           his parent, 

b)     tutor care,

c)      fosterer care if the fosterer takes care of a child in person. This doesn´t apply if the             fosterer takes care of a child in person, whose parents aren´t adult,  

d)     temporary entrustment of a child in the care of a person interested in becoming    
        a fosterer, 

e)     entrustment of a child in the care of a physical individual through the court decision on         ordered preliminary injunction, provided that the court received proposal for
        commencement of court proceedings related to entrustment of the child in the care of           this physical individual (personal/ tutor care of a child).

g)      entrustment of an under-aged child to care before adoption

f)       entrustment of a child in the care of a physical individual by preliminary injunction, if             the court is adjudicating in issue of care before adoption.

Underaged dependent child that was entrusted in substitute care shall file request at the obliged person through legal representation by the substitute parent for:

• One-pay child benefit payable at the child´s entrustment in the substitute care [ PDF] - in amount Eur 500
• One-pay child benefit payable at cessation of the child´s entrustment in the substitute care [ PDF] in amount Eur 922,29
• multiple child benefit payable at the child´s entrustment in the substitute care [ PDF] in amount Eur 138,13 per a month.

Substitute parent shall apply at the payer for:

• multiple benefit for the substitute parent [ PDF] in amount Eur 175,62 per a month that can be increased by Eur 124,91 per a month if the substitute parent takes care of three and more children that are siblings
• special multiple benefit for the substitute parent [ PDF] in amount Eur 72,36 per a month if the parent takes care of an entrusted child being seriously health disabled.

The Office of Labour, Social Affairs and Family SR competent according to substitute parent´s permanent address is a payer of the above-mentioned benefits.