Published: 2018-06-12

The Social Costs of Default on Child Maintenance Payment

Łukasz Rosiak
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2018.18.1.05

Abstract

Summary

This article describes the history of the penalties for default on child maintenance payments in place in Polish criminal codes. All the criminal codes which have been in force in Poland since 1932 (viz. its 1932, 1969, and 1997 versions) describe the offence of child maintenance evasion. The current maximum penalty is less than what was prescribed by the 1932 Code. Penalisation should always be a last resort for nonpayment of child maintenance. Te legislator creates new instruments to make the collection of child maintenance more efficient. Te most important point is not to punish the debtor but to provide the money due to eligible recipients. We should not forget that it is the business of all of us to see that child maintenance is paid as efficiently as possible. The amendment to the provisions of Polish criminal law is designed to improve the recoverability of unpaid child maintenance and thereby reduce the funds paid out to eligible claimants directly from the state budget.

Keywords:

the offence of child maintenance evasion, social cost, the Polish penal code, recidivation, penalisation.

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Rosiak, Łukasz. (2018). The Social Costs of Default on Child Maintenance Payment. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 18(1), 95–115. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2018.18.1.05

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