Maintenance obligation and exemption from fees for staying in a social welfare home

The maintenance obligation arising from the content of Art. 128 of the Family and Guardianship Code may be implemented in various ways. The person entitled to it is not always obliged to be able to take care of it on their own. The entitled person may, for example, be an elderly and sick person who requires constant care. Therefore, a situation may arise in which such a person will have to be placed in a social welfare home. The Act on Social Assistance specifies the group of persons obliged to pay fees and the amount of the fees themselves. At the request of the person paying the fee or obliged to pay such a fee, these persons may be exempted partially or completely from the obligation to pay fees for staying in a social welfare home. However, the existence of such a possibility depends on the prior imposition of an obligation on the obliged person to pay such fees. Therefore, it is impossible to apply for exemption from the fee for staying in a social welfare home if the person obliged to pay the fees has not been previously determined and the amount of the monthly fee for the stay has not been determined.