If neither of the parents or a tutor can personally care for a child, a court may entrust the child to the care of another person. Entrusting a child to the care of another person takes precedence over institutional care for a child.
The decision to entrust a child to such care must be in accordance with the interests of the child. If a person related to the child or close to the child (e.g. grandparents, sibling with legal capacity, aunt, uncle, neighbour, family friend) has taken personal care of the child, a court will prefer such person over another person, unless this is not in the child's interests. The person providing care must qualify as a person who can guarantee due care, have residence in the Czech Republic, and consent to being entrusted with the care for the child. The rights and duties of a person providing care are determined by a court; otherwise, the provisions on foster care apply with the necessary modifications.
A court will order the parents to pay maintenance and support within the scope determined having regard to their possibilities, abilities and property situation, and impose upon them the duty to pay maintenance and support to the person providing care. The person providing care has the right to claim the maintenance and support ordered to be paid by the parents in favour of the child in their care, as well as the right to manage the child’s maintenance and support in the child’s interests, according to the child’s needs and in accordance with their interests.
Entrusting a child to the personal care of a person providing care does not replace foster care, pre-foster care or care that must precede adoption.