Can unclaimed family benefits be collected retroactively?
Verified 27 September 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Yes, for some family benefits, this retroactivity is possible if these benefits are due when the conditions for entitlement are met.
You will then be given a period of 2 years from the day on which the conditions for entitlement are satisfied.
In principle, family benefits shall be payable from 1er day of calendar month next during which the conditions of entitlement are combined.
Example :
You have been eligible to receive family benefits since June 10. These family benefits are due to you from 1er July.
HoweverHowever, some of the services are provided by other rules.
That is the case in particular for thedaily parental attendance allowance (DPA), on free choice of custody supplement (CMG) and theeducation allowance for disabled children (AEEH).
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Daily parental attendance allowance (DPA)
Payment is due from 1er day of the month in which the application is lodged. This benefit is therefore not not paid retroactively.
It is the date of filing of the application that is taken into account for the entitlement to the rights, and not merely the fact that the conditions for entitlement to the rights are fulfilled.
Free choice of custody supplement (CMG)
The CMG shall be payable as from 1er day of calendar month preceding the filing date of the application, provided that the conditions for entitlement are satisfied on that date. In this case, the retroactivity is not possible.
However, the right shall be open from 1er day of calendar month where the conditions are fulfilled where a right is already opened as another child. In this case, retroactivity may be requested.
Education allowance for disabled children (AEEH)
The AEEH shall be granted as from 1er day of the following month that of the deposit of the demand. This benefit is therefore not not paid retroactively.
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