The submission of a joint affidavit will be accepted in the event that there is no maintenance order, as a satisfactory criterion for the provision of the Single-Parent Family Allowance, the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare has decided, with the aim of facilitating single-parent families to apply for the allowance.
An announcement by the Deputy Ministry states that, at the same time, for the purposes of faster examination of applications, the Welfare Benefits Management Service (YDEP) in the event that it holds information on the income of divorced individuals from the Child Benefit records, and provided that the income of the family unit before acquiring single-parent status does not exceed €49.000, the submission of a joint affidavit in relation to the amount of alimony and/or a copy of the Alimony decree is not necessary.
As stated, in the event that the issuance of the required decrees by the Family Court is delayed, the YDEP will examine the evidence provided, applying the principle of proportionality as defined in the General Principles of Administrative Law Law of 1999 (158(I)/1999), with the aim of establishing or not the single-parent status.
That is, if, for example, a divorce is pending, however, from the evidence that has been provided, it is established that the applicant has secured an Exclusive Use of the Family Home Order, automatically, upon presentation of said order, it is confirmed that they do not reside together. By additionally presenting the Maintenance Order and/or the Parental Care Order and/or the joint Affidavit, the single parent status is proven.
The above, it is stated, is contained in a circular issued by the Ministry of Public Works and Public Works, which also includes the following diagrams with the procedures and alternative options that must be followed in accordance with the new decisions.
The announcement notes that the Single-Parent Family Allowance is granted in addition to the Child Allowance, for the special needs faced by a parent who lives alone with dependent children, in accordance with the Child Allowance Provision Law of 2002 (167(I)/2002).
The Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare emphasizes that it remains committed to supporting single-parent families, having to date taken a series of measures aimed at strengthening them, most recently the inclusion of beneficiaries of the Single-Parent Family Allowance in the EAC's Special Tariff 08.
It also states that, in addition, among others, thousands of single-parent families have benefited from the 5% increase in the Child Benefit, which was promoted and implemented by the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare and which is also subject to the full increase in the ATA.
Source: KYPE
