Alimony and child support
A practical guide
This study is a collection of basic information in the field of law regarding the recovery of maintenance payments.
You will find here basic information about the concept of maintenance, their amount, ways of their investigation, as well as many other interesting information. Answers to your questions can be found here both by people who are trying to obtain due maintenance and those who want to defend themselves against excessive demands.
ATTENTION! Text translated automatically from the Polish version.
The concept of child support
The Polish law allows for alimony to take the form of not only money.
Eligible for alimony and obliged to alimony
Not everyone knows that alimony can also be paid by grandparents for grandchildren or vice versa.
Obtaining child support in Poland
If the obligee refuses to pay maintenance, the law provides for a lot of facilitation in obtaining them.
Obtaining child support abroad
This area is becoming more and more popular due to the numerous trips of Poles abroad, which often causes problems in covering the costs of maintaining a family remaining in the country.
- Obtaining maintenance abroad
- New York Convention
- Council Regulation (EC)
- A bilateral agreement
- Execution in the US and Canada
Amount of maintenance
In Poland there is no valid table with the amount of child support, and the provisions are quite general. In practice, much depends on the judge's opinion.
Regulations
Matters related to alimony are regulated in Polish laws and regulations, but also in international conventions and agreements.
NEWS
Right to Tax Relief for Single Parents
2026-06-03
ATTENTION – THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION FROM POLISH The Provincial Administrative Court in Bydgoszcz, in its judgment of February 3, 2026 (file no. I […]
Increase in Alimony Fund Income Thresholds
2026-05-02
Starting from October 1, 2026, significant changes to the rules for granting support from the alimony fund will come into effect, as announced by the […]
Initiating Proceedings Against a Maintenance Debtor – Position of the Provincial Administrative Court in Łódź
2026-04-10
ATTENTION – THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION from Polish In its judgment of January 14, 2026 (II SA/Łd 744/25), the Provincial Administrative Court in Łódź […]
The prerequisite for granting security in alimony cases
2026-03-06
ATTENTION – THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSLATION from Polish The District Court in Toruń, in its ruling of October 23, 2019 (VIII Cz 960/19), indicated […]
Change in circumstances as a basis for requesting a change in the amount of awarded child support.
2026-02-14
ATTENTION ! Automatic translation from Polish The substantive basis for amending a child support order is Article 138 of the Family and Guardianship Code (FGC), […]
Maintenance issues in Paulian cases – judgment of the Supreme Court of 8 April 2025, ref. no. II CSKP 185/23
2026-01-21
NOTE: translated from Polish! In the judgment of 8 April 2025 (ref. no. II CSKP 185/23), the Supreme Court referred comprehensively to the possibility of […]