Claimants' obligations

Claimants must:

• prove facts relevant to the establishment of the entitlement to, and to the amount and payment of, the allowance;
• report in writing, within 8 days, changes in facts relevant to the entitlement to the allowance, or submit a notification of such changes electronically, signed with an advanced electronic signature. The 8-day time limit begins on the first day following the day on which the change occurs;
• ensure that the allowance serves its purpose.

The beneficiary is not obliged to prove facts that are known to the payer from the performance of its other activities, e.g. from proceedings on another family benefit or hardship aid.

Slovakia’s EU membership is a relevant fact affecting the entitlement to, and payment and amount of, child allowance, depending on the place (country) where the applicant and his or her spouse are employed. Any change in the country where a parent or spouse is employed in the EU must be notified by the beneficiary to the payer within the statutory time limit. Over the duration of the entitlement to the allowance and supplement, the beneficiary (the parent of a dependent child, the parent in whose custody a child is placed by a court, the person in whose non-parental care a dependent child is placed by a final court ruling, or a minor parent who has been granted parental responsibility) is obliged, after the dependent child reaches 3 years of age, to notify the payer in writing, or electronically with an advanced electronic signature, of how and where this dependent child will be cared for until he or she starts compulsory education. The obligation under the preceding sentence does not apply in cases where the dependent child is cared for by his or her parent or by a person in whose nonparental care the dependent child has been placed by a court ruling and that person receives a maternity or parental allowance.