Who receives family allowances for a child in alternate care?

Verified 16 September 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Family allowances are paid differently depending on whether the parents are whether or not agreement is reached on the beneficiary or beneficiaries.

Alternate residence may only concern children alternatively resident at the home of each of their parents in one of the following situations:

  • The Family Court (JAF) has established the residence of the child alternating with the home of each of his parents. Alternating residence is implemented effectively
  • In the case of an alternate declaration of residence made jointly by the 2 parents
  • In the case of an alternate declaration of residence made by one parent and not contested by the other.

FYI  

If you have only one dependent child, you are not entitled to family allowances and therefore cannot claim them, except in Dom.

Agreement

In case of alternate residence of your children, you the choice. You can:

  • Designate the parent who will be the beneficiary of all the family benefits
  • Or choose to share family allowances and designate 1 single beneficiary (you or the other parent) for other family benefits. In choosing the division of family allowances, each parent receives half of the amount.

Example :

A father has three children in alternate residence for whom he receives only the sharing of family allowances. The mother of the children is the recipient of the other family benefits.

In order to declare the option selected, it is necessary to distinguish whether you are at the CAF or the MSA.

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You're dependent on the Cfa

You must first fill out the cerfa n°14000 form. It includes the status report and the choice of benefit payment.

Child(ren) in alternate residence - Declaration and choice of parents

You must then send it signed to your CFOE.

Who shall I contact

You depend on the MSA

You must first fill out the cerfa n°14000 form. It includes the status report and the choice of benefit payment.

Child(ren) in alternate residence - Declaration and choice of parents

You must then send it signed to your MSA agency.

Who shall I contact

Warning  

You can only change your choice after1 year (unless your children's residence conditions change). At the end of this 1 year period, this choice is tacitly renewed if you do not take steps.

Disagreement

If you disagree with the other parent, you automatically receive a share of the family allowances, as well as for the other parent.

This share depends on the composition of your family.

Other family benefits continue to be paid to the parent who received them before the separation or divorce.

For the declaration, it is important to distinguish whether you are at the CAF or the MSA.

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You're dependent on the Cfa

You must first fill out the cerfa n°14000 form. It includes the status report and the choice of benefit payment.

Consider attaching a status report to this form.

Child(ren) in alternate residence - Declaration and choice of parents

You must then send it signed to your CFOE.

Who shall I contact

You depend on the MSA

You must first fill out the cerfa n°14000 form. It includes the status report and the choice of benefit payment.

Consider attaching a status report to this form.

Child(ren) in alternate residence - Declaration and choice of parents

You must then send it signed to your MSA agency.

Who shall I contact

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