Tuesday, 15 October 2013

Case n. 2 – 1 (Unemployment benefits)




A mother of a minor child came to the Municipal Authority of Jihlava, the Department of Social Affairs, the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children to ask for help in solving the situation in which she got.
According to her information, she is married. One minor child was born from the marriage – a son, who was consigned to her care.
A minor child, who is 2, 5 a year old, was born from the second marriage. The mother is taking the parental leave at the moment.  Her husband is 42 years old and was dismissed from his job on 31st July 2012 (His last employment lasted for 7 years). In the last half-year, his average salary was 16873 CZK. The family has a permanent residence in Luka nad Jihlavou, Nová 83.
Task:
Focus on the situation of material resources of the family (in accordance with the particular pillars of the social welfare of the Czech Republic) – first focus on the situation of the dismissed husband.

Key words and phrases for solutions:
-          The Municipal Authority of Jihlava (preferably local authority)
-          The Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children
-          Married for the second time
-          One minor son was born from the first marriage
-          One 2,5 a years old child was born from the second marriage
-          The mother is taking the parental leave at the moment
-          The husband is 42 years old
-          The husband was dismissed on 31st July2012
-          His last employment lasted for 7 years
-          The husband’s salary was 16873 CZK
-          The family has a permanent residence in Luka nad Jihlavou, Nová 83

Solution:
Unemployment benefit
First, it is essential to verify, whether the woman’s husband entered the register of job seekers at the Employment Office in Jihlava. If he has not yet, he should be given basic counselling. A written request should be substantiated by the confirmation of employment and the educational attainment. He might be entitled to unemployment benefits due to the fact that he had been employed for the last 7 years. He should receive the benefits for 5 months. (unemployment benefits for the unemployed husband).
After the burden of proofs proceeds, the court gives judgment. If the husband were entitled to unemployment benefits, the amount of acknowledged unemployment benefits, their effectiveness (i.e. since when) and the time period would be stated in the operative part of the judgement. If the claim does not arise, the proposal shall be rejected. The decision must be given to the applicant's own hands and might be appealed to within 15 days. The appeal will be decided by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
Key words and phrases for solutions:
-          The husband has entered the register of job seekers
-          The Employment Office in Jihlava
-          A written request
-          Confirmation of employment and educational attainment
-          Entitled to unemployment benefits
-          Employed for the last 7 years
-          He should receive the unemployment benefits for 5 months
-          The Employment Office shall give judgement
-          Entitlement to unemployment benefits arises
-          In the judgement, the amount of benefits, since when and for how long they are acknowledged, will be indicated
-          If the entitlement to unemployment benefits does not arise, the Employment Office shall reject the request
-          The decision may be appealed to within 15 days
-          The appeal will be decided by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

The case is based on the following legislation:
Material:
The Employment Act (435/2001 Coll., As amended)
Process:
The Law on Administrative Proceedings - Administrative Regulations (500/2004 C

Case n. 2 - 1 (The situation of the minor child, whose parents failed to fulfil the obligations arising from their parental responsibility)



Case n. 2 - 1 (The situation of the minor child, whose parents failed to fulfil the obligations arising from their parental responsibility)

Special school in Jihlava has informed the Municipal Authority of Jihlava, the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children several times by phone about a second-grade boy coming completely under-dressed, often barefoot, brings no food, hasn’t got adequate fluid intake, he is unprepared for the lessonshomework is not usually done. He often comes to school late, tired. The family neglects the treatment of the minor child, devotes him a minimum time. Parents cooperate with school in a minimum range – always after the challenge of the class teacher or the educational consultant. The mother is only allowed to a temporary stay in the territory of the Czech Republic, the father of the minor child is not at present listed in the register of job seekers at the Employment Office in Jihlava.

The supervision was set above the treatment of the minor boy and it is regularly performed by the Municipal Authority of Jihlava, the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children. Currently, the grandparents from the father are not interested in the treatment of the minor child and the boy visibly suffers in the family.

The family is a permanent resident at Jihlava, Brněnská 49.

Task:
Focus on the situation of the minor child, whose parents failed to fulfill the obligations arising from their parental responsibility, and the executed supervision over the treatment of the minor does not fulfill its purpose.

Key words and phrases to be solved:
-       Special School
-       The Municipal Authority of Jihlava (preferably local authority)
-       The Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children
-       The boy attends the second grade
-       He comes poorly dressed, barefoot, bringing no food
-       He is unprepared for the lessons
-       Homework is not usually done
-       He often comes late and tired
-       The family neglects treatment of the minor
-       The parents cooperate with the school in a minimum range
-       The mother is only allowed to a temporary stay in the territory of the Czech Republic
-       The father of the minor child does not work
-       The father is not listed in the register of job seekers at the Employment Office
-       Supervision was set above the treatment of the minor boy
-       Supervision is regularly performed
-       Grandparents from the father are not interested in the treatment of the minor child
-       The boy suffers in the family
-       The family is a permanent resident at Jihlava, Brněnská 49
Solution:

The Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children should conduct a social investigation by the parents of the mother, if they were interested in the treatment of their grandson and if they had any prerequisites to his upbringing. Or, it might find out other suitable natural persons who would take over treatment of the minor.

If they fail to get a suitable natural person who would take over the education of the minor child, the extreme way to deal with the situation of the boy would be filing for the institutional care.

The application shall be filed with the District Court in Jihlava (according to the place of residence of the minor child) in five copies, which are determined for participants of proceedings – i.e. mother, father, the minor child represented by the guardian, the prosecutor and one copy to the guardianship file, which is administered by the court. (initiation of institutional care for the treatment of a minor child)

Within the burden of proceedings, the court hears the mother, father, child’s grandparents from the both sides of the family; the guardian is requested for the report on treatment conditions in the family of the minor within the supervision. Furthermore, the court will require a report from school the boy attends, paediatrician’s report and the report on the income of the parents. After the burden of proof, the court gives its judgment. If the family situation does not change, it will decree institutional care for the boy’s treatment. (course management)

The judgment is delivered to all participants and they have the right to lodge an appeal within 15 days. The appeal of the 2nd stage will be determined by the Regional Court. The proceedings shall appoint a guardian of the child and after the burden of proof it newly decides in re. (appeal proceedings)

Keywords and phrases to be solved:

-          The Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children
-          Social inquiry by the parents of the child’s mother
-          Interest in the treatment of the grandson
-          Other suitable natural persons
-          An extreme way of dealing with the situation of the boy
-          A proposal for institutional care
-          The District Court of Jihlava
-          The proposal shall be submitted in five copies
-          Participants – the mother, father, represented by the guardian of the minor child, the prosecutor
-          Within the burden of proof
-          The court hears parents and grandparents on the both sides
-          The court requests a report on treatment conditions in the child’s family under the supervision
-          A report from the school and the paediatrician
-          The report on the income of the parents
-          The family situation will not change
-          The court shall order the institutional care for the boy’s treatment
-          The deadline for filing an appeal to the judgment is 15 days
-          The appeal is decided by the Regional Court
After the burden of proof, it newly decides in re

The case is based on the following legislation:

Material:
The Family Act (94/1963 Coll., As amended)
The law on social and legal protection of children (359/1999 Sb., As amended)

Process:
Code of Civil Procedure (99/1963 Coll., As amended)

Case n. 1 (Social assistance for people with disabilities – care allowance)



Case n. 1 (Social assistance for people with disabilities – care allowance)

A woman came without a notice to appear to the Regional Department of Employment Office in Jihlava, the Department of Non-insurance Benefits to ask you about following information.

She lives with her husband, two minor children and her father, who is 85 years old, in the common household. Currently, he needs day care of another person.

She and her husband agreed on her staying with her father at home and taking care of him.

The woman is a permanent resident at Jihlava, Seifertova 78, her father at Jihlava, Palackého 6.

Task:
Focus on social assistance for people with disabilities – care allowance.

Key words and phrases to be solved:
-          Regional Department of Employment Office in Jihlava
-          The woman lives with her husband, two minor children and her father in the common household
-          Woman’s father is 85 years old
-          Currently
-          The father requires day care of another person
-          The woman and her husband agreed on her staying with her father at home
-          Permanent residence at Jihlava, Seifertova 78
-          Her father is a permanent resident at Jihlava, Palackého 6

Solution:
Woman’s father should ask for care allowance at the Regional Department of Employment Office in Jihlava (a form issued by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs). The written request must be substantiated by the identity card.  The office carries out a social survey by the applicant. A written record of the social survey is sent to the District Social Security Administration together with the assessment of the applicant's degree of dependence on the help of another person. A health assessment doctor shall require actual medical findings and makes an assessment.

After receiving them, the Regional Department of Employment Office can decide in re. If entitlement to care allowance arises, the degree of dependence on the help of another person, the granted amount of the benefit and the time period from when (retroactively, it may be granted from the first day of the month, when the application for care allowance has been issued) will be specified in the notice. In case the claim does not arise, the request will be rejected. If the claim arises, the applicant shall notify who will provide care to him to the Regional Department of Employment Office within eight days from receiving the notice. If the degree of dependence was III or IV, the woman could with stay with him at home. (proceedings for a social assistance for people with disabilities – care allowance)

A written copy of the notice is not delivered to the applicant’s own hands and objections may be filed against it. The applicant must receive the decision into his/her own hands and may lodge an appeal through the Employment Office, which ruled in the first instance, within 15 days from the delivery. The appeal shall be decided in the second level by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. (benefits in material need – Appeal proceedings)

The Regional Department of Employment Office is required to regularly check whether the woman provides care to her father properly. 

Key words and phrases for solutions:
-          The Regional Department of Employment Office
-          The request for care allowance
-          Identity card
-          Written request
-          Social inquiry
-          A health assessment doctor at the District Social Security Administration
-          The degree of dependence on the assistance of another person
-          Actual medical findings
-          If the claim arises, the Office shall file a notice
-          In case the claim does not arise, it rejects the request
-          The applicant must notify who will provide care to him within eight days
-          The notification is not delivered into his own hands
-          The decision may be appealed within 15 days
-          The appeal is decided by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
-          The Employment Office must periodically check whether the men is provided care properly

The case is based on the following legislation:

Material:
The Social Services Act (108/2006 Coll., As amended)
Decree implementing the Law on Social Services (505/2006 Coll., As amended)
Decree on the tab of the social system (424/2011 Coll.)

Process:
The Law on Administrative Proceedings - Administrative Regulations (500/2004 Coll., As amended)

Case n. 1 – 1 (Maintenance of the daughter)



Case n. 1 – 1 (Maintenance of the daughter)
A mother of minor children came to the Municipal Authority of Jihlava, the Department of Social Affairs, the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children to ask for help in solving the situation in which she got.
She is married. One minor child was born from the marriage – a daughter, who is 10 years old.
Six months ago, she moved from the common household. Proposals for divorce and regulation of rights and duties of parents in respect of minor children for a period after the divorce (= adjustment ratios of minor children) have already been submitted at the District Court in Jihlava.
Father has not contributed to the maintenance of the daughter yet and has visited her irregularly – on average once per month for the entire weekend from Friday to Sunday.
Task:
Focus on the situation of the minor child, whose maintenance the father has not contributed to for half a year.
Key words and phrases to be solved:
-          The Municipal Authority of Jihlava (preferably local authority)
-           The Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children
-          Married
-          One minor child was born from the marriage
-          She has not lived with her husband in the common household for six months
-          The father has not contributed to the maintenance of the daughter with  any amount for six months
-          The mother and the daughter have a permanent residence in Jihlava, Nerudova 25
-          The father of the child has a permanent residence in Luka nad Jihlavou, Nová 379

Solution:
Due to the fact, the father has not contributed to her maintenance for six months properly, the mother may submit a proposal to regulate rights and duties of parents in respect of a minor child (= proposal for adjustment ratios).
The proposal should be filed at the District Court in Jihlava (according to the place of residence of the minor child) in four copies, which are intended for participants in proceedings – i.e. mother, father and minor child represented by a guardian, and one copy into the guardianship records maintained by the court. (opening of the adjustment of conditions of a minor child)
Then the burden of proof starts. Within the burden of proof, mother and father are heard, and the guardian is requested for a report on treatment conditions in the child's family. Furthermore, the evidence on the costs, which is associated with the needs of the child, and the report on income of the parents are required – including the amount of benefits from the social welfare. After the burden of proofs proceeds, the court gives judgment. If it finds the reasons for the adjustment of conditions, it decides on the form of custody of the minor child (either sole custody of one parent, alternating custody, or joint custody), or rejects the proposal. If the court decides on the sole custody of one of the parents or alternating custody, it assesses the amount of maintenance with the retroaction of a half a year (since the father stopped to contribute properly to the maintenance of the daughter). (proceeding course)
The judgment is given to all participants who have the right to lodge an appeal within 15 days. A second level appeal will be determined be the Regional Court. The guardian will be appointed again, and it newly decides in re after the burden of proceeding. Against the above mentioned decisions of the Regional Court can no longer be appealed. (appeal procedure)
Key words and phrases to the proceedings:
A proposal to regulate the rights and duties of parents of a minor child (also a proposal to adjust to child ratios)
-    The proposal is submitted to the District Court in quadruplicate
-    The participants are mother, father and a minor child represented by a guardian
-    The guardian of the minor child is appointed by the court
-    The guardian of the minor child is mostly the Municipal Authority, the Department of Social and Legal Protection of Children
-    In the frame of the burden of proceedings, the mother and father are heard by the court
-    The court will require a report on treatment conditions in the child's family, a report on the income of parents and the costs that are associated with the needs of the child
-    After the burden of proofs has proceeded, the court gives its judgment
-    The court decides on the form of treatment
-    The court determines the amount of maintenance a half year back
-    A written copy of the judgment must be delivered personally to all participants
-    The participants may lodge an appeal within 15 days from the judgment
-    The appeal is submitted through the District Court
-    The Regional Court decides on the appeal

The case is based on the following legislation:
Material:
The Family Act (94/1963 Coll., As amended)
The Law on Social and Legal Protection of Children (359/1999 Coll., As amended)
Process:
Civil Procedure (99/1963 Coll., As amended)