Necessary documents for the file (in copy): – standard application form – identity documents of the applicants; – child’s birth certificate; – if applicable, marriage certificate or family record book; – child’s disability certificate, if applicable; – application approved by the management of the unit for entering child-raising leave; – proof issued by the employer or competent authorities regarding earned income; – order of suspension of the individual employment contract for a period of 1 year, 2 years, or 3 years in the case of a child with a disability; – in the case of persons who simultaneously earn taxable income from several sources, the child-raising leave and allowance are granted based on documents proving the suspension of at least one of the activities; – applicant’s fiscal file (if applicable); – if the applicant opts to receive the allowance or incentive in a personal account, a bank account statement and the IBAN account from the bank are required. If a person is already receiving the child-raising allowance and gives birth to another child, a new file must be prepared to extend the leave. If a person on child-raising leave opts for the incentive payment, a new file must be prepared and an application must be submitted to receive the incentive. Starting March 1st, 2012, at least one month of the total child-raising leave period is allocated to the parent who has not requested this right. Therefore, regardless of the situation, the parent on child-raising leave or receiving the insertion incentive, except for cases where the applicability of art. 11 of GEO no. 111/2010 is not mandatory, will lose one month of entitlement, whether it is the allowance or the incentive, if the other parent does not access his/her own right to leave. The new regulation applies to children born after March 1, 2012, being imposed in accordance with the principle that the responsibility for raising the child belongs to both parents.*