Fault Divorce in Poland: Will You Have to Support Your Ex, and for How Long?
Poland still decides who was at fault. A spouse found solely at fault can be ordered to support the other. How it is measured, and how it ends.
Reading the rulings
Children, Support and Parental Rights in a Polish Divorce
There is no child-support table in Poland, and no percentage formula. A court weighs what the child genuinely needs against what each parent can genuinely earn, and it treats the day-and-night work of raising a child as a real contribution (art. 135 of the Family Code).
Almost everything that surprises international parents follows from that one idea: absence shifts the burden toward money, and genuinely shared care lowers it; support does not simply stop at eighteen; and persistent non-payment can become a criminal matter, though courts separate the parent who cannot pay from the parent who will not.
The articles below work through rulings from 2025 and 2026: how support changes when prices and lives change, how a court decides what a baby really costs, and what losing parental authority does, and does not, mean.
For the house, the mortgage and the money, see Money and property in a Polish divorce.
When Child Support Stops: How Poland Enforces It, Firmly but Fairly
One parent watches the support stop arriving; the other faces a criminal file. How Polish courts tell 'cannot pay' from 'will not pay'.
Does Child Support End at 18 in Poland? Why It Often Doesn't, and What That Means
The assumption that catches foreign parents hardest: that support stops at eighteen. In Poland it often doesn't. Here is the real test, and the fair balance.
How Child Support Changes Over Time in Poland: Inflation Lifts It, Wishful Numbers Don't
If support was fixed years ago and has quietly lost its value, you are not being greedy by asking. But a number built on hope gets cut down. Two rulings.
Child Support for a Baby in Poland: How a Court Decides What a Newborn Really Costs
A new baby and a separation at once is a lonely place. How a court works out what a baby really costs, and why the care you give counts as real support.
Losing, or Keeping, Parental Rights in Poland When One Parent Is Absent
Can a parent lose their rights for being absent? Can distance be used to cut you out? What deprivation of parental authority really means.
Showing Up Counts: How Contact With Your Children Changes Child Support in Poland
Courts notice which parent shows up, and they price absence into the money.
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