KRD: maintenance debt of 301,000 parents reaches PLN 12.3 bln

Maintenance debtors’ liabilities currently amount to PLN 12.3 billion, according to data from the National Debt Register (KRD). As many as 301,219 parents do not pay for their children. For about a year and a half, the number of maintenance debtors listed in the KRD has been slightly decreasing, but their debt is increasing.
 
“The number of new debtors added to the KRD because of their unpaid alimony is decreasing. This is the result of, among other things, the provisions of the Criminal Code, which were tightened in 2017. It is not enough to pay a symbolic zloty once every few months to avoid, as before, a penalty ... Social campaigns aimed at raising awareness of the problem and changing attitudes among non-paying parents have also contributed to the decrease in the number of debtors. However, looking at the total amount of outstanding maintenance in our database, it can be seen that the situation is far from ideal,” said KRD president Adam Łącki.
 
(ISBnews)