Orphan pension (Sirotčí důchod)
What
An orphan pension is entitled to a dependent child if the child’s parent (adopter) or a person who has taken the child into care replacing parental care is dying.
An orphaned dependent child, after fulfilling these conditions, is entitled to an orphan’s pension after each of the above persons. In addition, the deceased must be a beneficiary of an old-age or invalidity pension, or must meet at least half of the period of insurance required to qualify for an invalidity pension or meet the conditions for entitlement to a retirement pension or die as a result of an accident at the time of death.
Where
Contact staff of Social Security Administration (Správa sociálního zabezpečení), (in Czech, French, English and German): http://www.cssz.cz/cz
Praha 5-Smíchov, Czech Republic
Křížová 1292/25
150 00 Praha 5-Smíchov