INFORMATION FOR THE REQUEST OF MATERNITY ALLOWANCE
Who can make the request:
- The natural mother or entrusted before adoption or adopted without entrustment, resident in the City of Turin, Italian citizen or Community citizen or non EU citizen in possession of:
- Political refugee status or subsidiary protection;
- Carta di Soggiorno (art. 9 del D.Lgs. 286/98) Residence Permit;
- Carta di Soggiorno per i familiari del cittadino comunitario (art. 10 e 17 del D. Lgs. 30/07) Residence Permit for family members of the EU citizen ;
- Permesso di soggiorno CE per soggiornanti di lungo periodo (art. 9 del D. Lgs. 3/07) Residence Permit for EC long-term residents;
- or pending the issuance of Residence Permit for EC long-term residents and residence cards above mentioned.
The applicant must be resident in the State at the time of the birth of the child or at the time a child is received in entrustment before adoption or in adoption without entrustment. If the child is not born in Italy or he is a non EU citizen he must be also in possession of Carta di Soggiorno. The underage must be living with the mother and must be registered in her Stato di famiglia (family certificate). At the time of adoption or entrustment before adoption, the child must not be more than six years old, or eighteen years old in the case of international adoption or entrustment. The allowance is given if the mother has not received or does not receive some maternity indemnification from INPS or other social assistance or had had lower amount of total maternity allowance. In this last case, the applicant will have the right of a complete amount of maternity allowance given by the City.
- The natural father adult in possession of the same conditions of residence and citizenship of the mother above mentioned:
- in the event of underage mother (as in all other cases of unable to act), after provided that the mother is lawfully resident in Italian territory at the time of birth, that the child has been recognized by the father, and registered in his family certificate and is subject to his rule. If the father of the child is underage, or any other conditions are not verified, the request may be submitted on behalf of the mother, as the legal parent of the same or, failing that, by other legal representative;
- in the case of a child abandoned by his mother or of exclusive entrustment to him. The child must be registered in the same family certificate of the father and live together with him.
- The father entrusted before adoption or adopted without entrustment in possession of the same conditions of residence and citizenship of the mother above mentioned, in case of legal separation by the spouse. The allowance must not be previously given to the wife. The underage must be in the same Stato di famiglia of the father, and actually living together with him and the child must not be more than six years old, or eighteen years old in the case of international adoption or entrustment.
- The person adopting not married in possession of the same conditions of residence and citizenship of the mother above mentioned, in case of adoption declared only in his confront and in the condition that the underage is already in the Stato di Famiglia, and actually living together with him and not already entrusted to others;
- The father that has accepted the newborn or the spouse of women entrusted before adoption or adopted without entrustment and that is in possession of the same conditions of residence and citizenship of the mother above mentioned, in case of death of the mother of the newborn or of the woman that has received the entrustment before adoption or adoption without entrustment. There exists two possibilities:
- enter in the benefit requested by the woman but not yet given, if the underage is in the Stato di famiglia of the applicant, and actually living together with him and not entrusted to others;
- to submit a new application that replaces the deceased woman’s.
- Other persons, different from the father and the mother, in case of
a newborn not accepted or not acknowleged by both parents. The applicant must be in possession of the same conditions of residence and citizenship of the mother above mentioned. The underage must have been entrusted to this person with a measure from the judge and must be in his Stato di Famiglia and actually living with her;
Those who can not make the request:
- The mother (or the father) non EU citizen that is in possession only of the Permesso di Soggiorno;
- The mother (or the father) that does not reside in the City of Turin;
- The mother (or the father) that the magistrate had declared suspension on the responsibility of the parents on the child;
- The mother (or the father) that does not have the child in her/his Stato di Famiglia and does not live together. In the case of underage in entrustment before adoption it is enough that the child lives with the mother;
- An underage mother (her guardian or her parents or the adult father of the child may submit the request);
- The guardian of the newborn. May make the request only the guardian of the mother if she is unable to act;
- The mother that has received in the five months of maternity leave, a maternity indemnification above the amount of the maternity allowance;
- The mother that has not materially attained some maternity indemnification but is awaiting to receive it.
Income and property to be declared
To calculate the economic position of the family the applicant must declare:
- the income and property of all the components of the nucleus family. The nucleus family is composed by the applicant, by the spouse and by others components present in the Stato di Famiglia as well as subjects "a carico IRPEF" and consensually separated spouse "separate di fatto" even if not in the same Stato di Famiglia. In this last case the income must be declared by both parents.
- the total income received in the year preceding the date of submission of the declaration
- the property movable and immovable owned on December 31st of the year preceding the date of presentation of the declaration
The maternity allowance grant
The benefits for the new births, the entrustment before adoption and the adoptions that occurred in the year 2011, can be granted for a maximum monthly amount of € 316,25 for a maximum period of five months. The period that the monthly allowance is given depends on the family registry situation and the eventual maternity indemnification received.
In the calculation of the economic situation, determinant problems are considered such as ( single parents, working parents, the presence of a permanent handicapped person). The law foresees that it must not exceed a determinant limit of income and property, for example, the relative requests in the year 2011, for a family of three persons must not exceed the sum of € 32.967,39. For a different family composition, the income and property limit varies in proposition. The above amounts are revalued annually on the basis of the index variation of the consumption price for the families of workers’ and employers’ calculated by ISTAT.
Terms of presentation of request.
The request must be presented within 6 months from the date of delivery or the entry of the underage in the Stato di Famiglia of the applicant (in the hypothesis of adoption or entrustment before adoption).
In special cases in which the request can be presented by the father or other persons different from the parents of the baby the request must be presented within one year from birth, of entrustment before adoption or adoption of underage.
INFORMATION TO REQUEST THE ALLOWANCE FOR THE NUCLEUS FAMILY WITH AT LEAST THREE UNDERAGE CHILDREN
Who can make the request:
- Italian citizen resident in Torino.
- The citizen of one of the member states of the European Union resident in The City of Turin at the time of request;
- The citizen outside the European Community in possession of political refugee or subsidiary protection status;
- Natural parents, adopted or before adoption with at least three underage children. The three underage must be on the Stato di Famiglia (family registry) of the applicant and actually living together with him;
- Person that is in one’s own Stato di Famiglia and actually lives with at least three underage, children of the spouse.
- Person that is in one’s own Stato di Famiglia and actually lives with at least three underage of which at least one of the children is one’s own and the others from the spouse or viceversa;
- Person that is in one’s own Stato di Famiglia and actually lives with at least three underage of which at least one of the children is one’s own or from the spouse and the others received as entrustment before adoption from both or viceversa;
Those who can not make the request:
- The parent non EU citizen, even if in possession of Carta di Soggiorno;
- The parent that do not reside in The City of Turin;
- The parent that the Magistrature has declared a suspension of the parental authority on the child;
- The underage parent (but, can present the request the guardian or the parent of the underage parent);
- The parent that do not have the three underage in one’s actual Stato di Famiglia and do not live with them;
- The parent that might have the three underage in one’s Stato di Famiglia, but not actually living together with them;
- The parent that might have the three underage "a carico IRPEF", are not in one’s Stato di Famiglia, because living with the other parent or with other persons;
- The person who has got in one’s Stato di Famiglia and lives together with at least three underage who are children of the partner with whom is not married;
- The person who has got in one’s Stato di Famiglia and lives together with at least three underage of which at least one is one’s own and the others of the partner with whom is not married or viceversa (for example if the applicant has had a child from the previous wife and lives with the two children whom the current partner has had from the ex- husband);
- The person who has got in one’s Stato di Famiglia and lives together with at least three underage of which at least one child is one’s own and the partner and the others are the partner’s children with whom is not married or viceversa;
- The underage under sixteen years old;
- The guardians of minority age;
The income and the property to declare
To calculate the economic position of the family the applicant must declare:
- the income and property of all the components of the nucleus family. The nucleus family is composed by the applicant, by the spouse and by others components present in the Stato di Famiglia as well as subjects "a carico IRPEF" and consensually separated spouse "separate di fatto" even if not in the same Stato di Famiglia. In this last case the income must be declared by both parents
- the total income received in the year preceding the date of submission of the declaration;
- the property movable and immovable owned on December 31st of the year preceding the date of presentation of the declaration.
Nucleus family allowances grant
The allowances may be granted for a maximum of € 131,87 per month payable for a maximum period of twelve months and thirteen months divided in two semesters. In the calculation of the economic situation, determinant problems are considered such as ( single parents, working parents, the presence of a permanent handicapped person. The law foresees that it must not exceed a determinant limit of income and property, for example, the relative requests in the year 2011 for a family of five persons must not exceed the sum of € 23.736,50. For a different family composition, the income and property limit varies in proposition. The above amounts are revalued annually on the basis of the index variation of the consumption price for the families of workers’ and employers’ calculated by ISTAT.
The allowances are given within the year, or a part of it in which the all three underage are present in the Stato di Famiglia of the applicant and live together with him.
Terms of presentation of request.
The request for allowances for a nucleus family with at least three underage children must be presented by the 31st of January of the successive year at that for the allowance requested.