Today, the alimony fund benefits are available in the amount of determined alimony, but not more than PLN 500 per month. Their maximum amount has remained unchanged since 2008, i.e. since the beginning of the effectiveness of the Act on Assistance to Persons Eligible for Alimony.

The cost of living has increased dramatically over the years and, consequently, the amount of child alimony adjudicated by the courts from their parents is also higher.

At the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy, we have prepared a draft Act increasing the maximum amount of benefits from the alimony fund by 100 per cent, i.e. by PLN 500 - up to PLN 1,000 per month. The Senate adopted the Act which now awaits the President's signature.

Who is eligible for the benefit from the alimony fund?

The alimony fund allows for disbursement of the support to those people who are eligible for alimony from their parents but do not receive it through ineffective enforcement:

• until they reach the age of 18,
• until they reach the age of 25 if a person is studying at a school or a university,
• indefinitely in the case of a severe disability certificate.

Compensation from October 2024.

It is important that the new rules will apply to benefits from the alimony fund due from 1 October 2024. This means the payment of benefits to persons eligible with a compensation from 1 October this year.