The Senate did not submit any amendments to the amendment to the act increasing the amount of the benefit from the alimony fund from PLN 500 to PLN 1,000 per month. The regulation will now go to the president's desk.
88 senators voted in favor of amending the Act on assistance to persons entitled to alimony without amendments.
The novella assumes increasing the amount of the benefit from the alimony fund from PLN 500 to PLN 1,000 monthly. Benefits are available if the family income per person does not exceed PLN 1,209 net per month.
Currently, benefits from the alimony fund are due in the amount of the agreed alimony, but not more than PLN 500 per month. Their maximum amount has been unchanged since the beginning of the Act on assistance to persons entitled to alimony, i.e. since 2008.
Changes to maintenance payments
The new regulations will apply to benefits from the alimony fund, to which you are entitled from October 1, 2024. This means payment of benefits to eligible persons with compensation from October 1, 2024.
The benefit is available to an eligible person until he or she turns 18, and if he or she is studying at school or university – until he or she turns 25. If you have a certificate of significant disability, you are entitled to the benefit indefinitely.
In the Senate, Deputy Minister of Family Aleksandra Gajewska informed that the ministry is working on the annual indexation of social assistance benefits, including alimony.
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