Supreme Court dismissed widow's appeal for family allowance, ruling she must have received family pension before 1998.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed the widow's cassation appeal regarding her right to a family allowance after her husband's death. The lower courts found she did not meet statutory requirements because she received a social security pension rather than a family pension before January 1, 1998. The court ruled that merely having the legal right to a family pension was insufficient; actual receipt of that specific benefit was a mandatory condition for the allowance.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 6 ust. 2 ustawy z dnia 28 sierpnia 1997 r. o zmianie ustawy - Prawo o ustroju sądów powszechnych oraz niektórych innych ustaw; § 1 pkt 1 lit. e rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 16 października 1997 r.: A widow of a retired prosecutor is entitled to a family allowance only if she factually received a family pension from social insurance before January 1, 1998, not merely if she had the legal right to it.