The state allowance for children provided by Law no. 61/1993 regarding the state allowance for children, republished, with subsequent amendments and additions, is granted to all children up to the age of 18, Romanian citizens, without discrimination, as well as to young people who have turned 18, who are attending high school or vocational education organized according to the law, until their completion.

Children of foreign citizens, as well as of stateless persons residing in Romania, are also entitled to the state allowance for children, under the law, if they live together with their parents.

Applications for establishing the state allowance for children and documents proving the fulfillment of the legal conditions for granting this right are submitted and registered at the city hall of the commune, town, municipality, or respectively the sectors of the municipality of Bucharest, on whose territorial jurisdiction the children's legal representatives have their domicile or residence, as the case may be.

The right to the state allowance for children is established by decision of the executive director of the county social benefits agencies.