Social Security

Is the father's income taken into account for entitlement to the dependent child allocation in a single-parent family where the mother lives with the children?

The family benefit for dependent childrendepends on the income being under a certain amount and only takes into consideration the income of the parent living in the family unit.

In cases of annulment, separation or divorce, the compensatory pension is calculated for the spouse who wins custody in the legal ruling.

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If a person is receiving a dependent child benefit, will they continue to recieve this benefit if the child starts working and earning a salary?

It will be considered that the child or minor in foster care will still be the responsibility of the recipient even if they carry out a lucrative job, working for someone else or on a self-employed basis, so long as the child or minor continues to live with the benefit recipient and the income received by them for the work carried out is no more than 75% of the current minimum professional wage calculated annually.

If the child's income is higher than that indicated in the above paragraph, the benefit will be cancelled due to the ending of the economic dependence of the originator (child) on the recipient.

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In order to obtain the benefit for the birth of the third child or more, what income is calculated to determine the annual income limit?

The income earned by recipients the year before the birth or adoption took place will be taken into account to determine the income limit .

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Does the multiple adoption benefit entitlement exist for the adoption of two children born outside Spain?

For entitlement to be multiple adoption benefit, the birth or adoption which took place abroad will be considered to have occurred in Spain if it can be shown that the child has been immediately integrated into a family living in Spain.

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Is a period of leave taken for 6 months to care for a child after maternity leave considered to be a period of effective contribution to the Social Security?

The period that can be calculated as an effective contribution period will be the first two years of leave taken by the worker, in accordance with |art.  46.3 of the Workers' Statute, to care for each child or foster child.
 
When the family unit that the child is a part of, for whose care leave is being requested, is deemed to be a large family, in accordance with the provisions of Law 40/2003, of 18 November, the calculable period will be 30 months (in the general category) or 36 months in the (special category).

If the periods indicated above are not enjoyed in full, only the periods that were actually taken will be calculated for contribution purposes.

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