Can child support be increased years after it was awarded?
Yes, and the data show why it is sometimes necessary: the average divorce maintenance award rose from PLN 751 in 2015 to PLN 1,632 in 2025, a gain of 117%.
The ground for an increase is a change in the child’s or the parents’ circumstances, not the passage of time alone - but the shift in award levels shows how far an old ruling can fall behind today’s amounts. In real terms, at 2025 prices, the same rise is 39%: PLN 751 from 2015 is worth PLN 1,176 today. The dataset behind the report does not separate out cases to change the amount of maintenance.
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How much is child support in Poland?PLN 1,619 a month on average in divorce cases and PLN 1,453 in maintenance cases outside divorce - that is what courts awarded in 2025.Can a court refuse to grant a divorce?In theory yes, but in practice almost never - only 0.2% of divorce petitions are dismissed.What is the e-court and how does a payment order work?The e-court is an electronic order-for-payment procedure resolving two million debt cases a year, where eight in ten rulings are a payment order.How many debt claims are filed with the e-court?2,018,441 cases arrived in 2025 at the single court in Lublin that runs the electronic writ-of-payment procedure.