Civil service: the family salary supplement may be shared between the parents

The Family Salary Supplement (FTS) is paid to any public official, civil servant or contract worker who has at least one dependent child. The amount of the SFT depends on the number of dependent children and the index plus the staff member.

Until then, when parents separated or divorced, the FTS was passed on to the child's caregiver, with no possible sharing for the same child in the case of alternate residence.

Now, in the event of the child's alternating residence at each parent's home, the SFT may be divided by half between the two parents who are civil servants or contract agents of the public service:

• at the joint request of the parents. If you make a joint request for sharing, you can only request a change to these payment terms after one year, unless the child's mode of residence changes.
• at the request of one of them in the event of disagreement between the parents.

You can request that your SFT be calculated on the basis of your ex-spouse's index salary, if it is higher than yours. To find out how this is calculated, especially in the case of blended families, or for more information on SFT, you can see our backgrounder.