CAF Seeks €6,535 in Repayments After Mother Failed to Report Daughter’s Morocco Stay and Family Transfers

A stay in Morocco and undeclared family transfers: these two factors put an RSA recipient’s benefits in the Territoire de Belfort in question. In a ruling dated September 30, 2026, the Besançon administrative court dismissed her appeal.

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It began with a CAF review in March 2022. The agency initially sought €8,015.69 in RSA benefits for the period from December 2020 to January 2022. The amount contested before the judges was €6,534.85.

The mother had not reported her daughter’s stay in Morocco from January 2021 to February 2022. However, her daughter returned to France several times, including from June 30 to September 3, 2021. The recipient cited her daughter’s housing and health difficulties during the pandemic. The judges found these explanations insufficient to establish that she could not return.

€7,245 paid by her stepfather

The other issue concerned money received from her stepfather. Between November 2020 and July 2021, he paid her €7,245 in amounts ranging from €320 to €3,300. The recipient said some of the money was in the form of loans, but provided no evidence.

The court found that these sums did not qualify as financial aid or assistance excluded from the RSA calculation under the rules applicable to the years in question. The payments and the daughter’s stay therefore justified a reassessment of her benefits.

The mother also sought to have her debt waived. The judges denied the request for lack of documents showing that she was sufficiently financially vulnerable, without needing to rule on whether she had acted in good faith.

The court also dismissed her request for reimbursement of deductions already made. The decision concerns an administrative dispute over RSA benefits and does not involve a criminal conviction.