Increase in maintenance fund benefits

The draft act (Print No. 800 of November 6, 2024) assumes an increase in the maximum amount of maintenance fund benefits by 100%, i.e. by PLN 500 per month to PLN 1,000 per month. The justification for the draft states that under the current legal status, maintenance fund benefits are due in the amount of currently established maintenance, but not higher than PLN 500 per month. The above maximum amount of maintenance fund benefits has been unchanged since the beginning of the validity of the Act of September 7, 2007 on assistance to persons entitled to 2 maintenance payments, i.e. since 2008. Since the introduction of maintenance fund benefits, the costs of living have increased significantly, including for persons entitled to maintenance payments, and consequently the amounts of maintenance payments for children from parents determined by the courts (data from the Ministry of Justice)