Price
Free
Execution deadline in working days
22
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Recipient
Individual person
Receiving restrictions
-

The benefit is paid to the guardian for the maintenance of the child from the date of establishment of guardianship until the age of 18 or the date of revocation of guardianship. The maintenance benefit for a child under guardianship is reduced by the amount of the survivor's pension granted to the child, the insurance indemnity for the loss of the breadwinner, maintenance from the Maintenance Guarantee Fund, or the State family benefit.

Process description

  1. Service requests
    The allowance must be claimed within 6 months from the date of establishment of the guardianship. When applying for the benefit at a later date, it shall only be granted for the previous 6 months before the date of application for the benefit.

    In order to claim the benefit, a specific form of application addressed to the SAA must be completed.
    May submit a submission:
    • on the www.latvija.lv portal;
    • on-site (if requested for service, a personal identification document (passport or ID card) must be produced);
    • electronically (the application must be signed with a secure electronic signature containing the time stamp);
    • by post.
    An application may be submitted in person to any VSAA customer service centre or to the unified customer service centres of the State and local governments.

    The submission shall indicate the preferred method of receiving the decision.

  2. Receipt of services

    If the official electronic address account (hereinafter the e-address) is activated, the decision will be sent by the SSIA to the e-address regardless of how the application is submitted.

    If the e-address is not enabled and:

    completed for e-submission on portal Latvija.gov.lv, the decision will be available for viewing on portal Latvija.gov.lv in the “SSIA information and services” e-service under the “logged-in services” section;

    the application has been submitted to the SSIA in person, electronically (signed with a secure electronic signature) or sent by post - the decision may be received according to the type of receipt of the decision indicated in the application: on the portal, Latvija.gov.lv, face-to-face, or by post

    At the choice of the recipient, the SSIA shall transfer the service to the account of the Latvian credit institution or postal payment system.

The right to receive the maintenance for the care of a child under guardianship shall belong to the person who has been appointed as the child's guardian by a decision of the Orphan's and Custody Court.

The allowance may be received by the guardian:

  • who, together with the child, resides permanently in Latvia (including Latvian citizens, non-citizens, foreign nationals, and stateless persons);
  • who has been granted a personal identity number, as well as the child under guardianship.

The allowance may not be granted to the guardian if the guardian or the child under guardianship have been received a temporary residence permit in Latvia.

 

As of 1 January 2026, the amount of the benefit for the maintenance of a child under guardianship shall be determined as a percentage of the national minimum monthly wage:

  • for a child up to the age of 7 years (50%) – 390 euro per month;
  • for a child from the age of 7 until the age of 18 (60%) – 468 euro per month.

The amount of the benefit for the maintenance of a child under guardianship shall be reviewed if the national minimum monthly wage changes.

If the benefit was granted before 31 December 2025 and its payment continues in 2026, the amount of the benefit shall be recalculated as of 1 January 2026 and paid in January in accordance with the new amount conditions.

If child maintenance payments have been granted to the child from the Maintenance Guarantee Fund (hereinafter – the MGF), the benefit for the maintenance of a child under guardianship shall be reduced by the amount of maintenance payments granted to the child.

Maintenance payments paid by the MGF as of 1 January 2026:

  • 155 euro per month for each child from birth until reaching the age of 7;
  • 180 euro per month for each child from the age of 7 until reaching the age of 18, and for an adult person from the age of 18 until reaching the age of 21.

Until 31 December 2025

The benefit for the maintenance of a child under guardianship was:

  • for a child up to the age of 7 years215 euro per month;
  • for a child from the age of 7 until the age of 18258 euro per month.

The maintenance payments paid by the MGF were:

  • 125 euro per month for each child from birth until reaching the age of 7;
  • 150 euro per month for each child from the age of 7 until reaching the age of 18, and for an adult person from the age of 18 until reaching the age of 21.

 

The translation has been prepared using a machine translation tool.

 

 

The benefit shall be granted and disbursed:

  • from the date the guardianship is established,
  • until the child reaches the age of legal majority or the date the guardianship has been cancelled.

The benefit shall be disbursed once a month for the current month (e.g., in May for May).

Disbursement shall be suspended:

  • if the guardianship is terminated;