The allowance is granted based on an application and a statement on one's own responsibility, accompanied by supporting documents regarding the family composition, its income, and, as the case may be, the attendance of school courses by the dependent children. Necessary documents for the file (in copy): – application and statement on one's own responsibility; – identity documents of the applicants; – birth certificates of the children, their identity cards (where applicable); – marriage certificate or family register; – final decision approving the adoption, family placement of the minor, according to the law; – document showing the applicant’s status as guardian or curator; – documents proving that a family member is attending a form of education (certificate for all school-age children in the family; with the exception of children with severe or accentuated disabilities, for whom proof issued by the competent authorities must be provided, attesting that the respective child cannot be enrolled in any form of education provided by law); – documents showing the classification in the category of persons with severe or accentuated disabilities or the first or second degree of invalidity for dependents; – net income earned (the month prior to submitting the application) and the supporting documents are those mentioned in the application form (certificates regarding net salary, pension slips, unemployment aid, state allowance coupon, etc.); In the case of consensual union (cohabitation), considered a beneficiary family, documents regarding the family composition and income for the applicant's partner must also be presented.*