Parenting agreement for a divorce or separation case (Poland)
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A written agreement between parents who are divorcing or separating in Poland on how they will exercise parental authority and on the children's contact: where the children live, what the parents decide together, regular contact times, school holidays, public holidays, pick-up, phone contact and a proposal for child maintenance. The court takes such an agreement into account if it is in the child's best interests (art. 58 § 1 of the Polish Family and Guardianship Code), but it decides the divorce, parental authority, contact and maintenance itself in its judgment. Both parents sign it and file it with the regional court with the divorce petition or during the case.
- Made for use in Poland
- Last updated October 27, 2026
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When to use this document
- You are divorcing in Poland and want to agree with the other parent where the children will live.
- You are separating and want to write down when the children see the other parent, holidays included.
- The divorce hearing is coming up and you want to give the court a plan both parents have signed.
- You want a written parenting plan for your children after the divorce.
What you fill in
The details the document asks for.
- Date
- City
- Parent the children live with
- Address of the parent the children live with
- Parent with contact rights
- Address of the parent with contact rights
- Court and case number, if the divorce or separation case is already pending
- Children
- Regular contact times (days, times, how often)
- Contact during school holidays
- Picking up and bringing back the children (who, when, where)
- Contact on public holidays and birthdays
- Phone and video contact between visits
- Proposed share of each parent in the children's maintenance (amounts, payment day)
- Other terms
Common questions
- Does a Polish court have to accept the parents' agreement on the children in a divorce?
- It does not have to, but it takes the agreement into account if it is in the child's best interests (art. 58 § 1 of the Polish Family and Guardianship Code); it can then leave parental authority with both parents and set contact as they agreed. Without an agreement the court decides on parental authority and contact itself, bearing in mind the child's right to be brought up by both parents, and may entrust the exercise of authority to one parent while limiting the other's (art. 58 § 1a). The same rules apply in a separation (art. 61³ § 1).
- Where and when is a parenting agreement filed in a Polish divorce case?
- With the regional court (sąd okręgowy) hearing the divorce or separation case: attached to the petition, to the reply to it, or at a hearing. Both parents sign it, and one copy goes on the court file. The court may also refer the parents to mediation; what they agree with the mediator is put before the court. The divorce of spouses with joint minor children is granted by the court in its judgment, and an agreement on the children does not change that.
- Can a parenting agreement made outside court be enforced in Poland?
- The agreement alone is not an enforceable title. It binds through the decision that adopts it: the divorce judgment or a guardianship court order. If a parent does not perform the contact duties set by such a decision, or by a settlement made before the court or a mediator, the guardianship court may threaten to order them to pay a sum of money for each breach (art. 598¹⁵ of the Polish Code of Civil Procedure). Parents who are not divorcing can put the agreement before the guardianship court (art. 107 of the Family and Guardianship Code).
How you can sign this document
- Print it and sign by hand. The signature lines in the document are left blank on purpose — sign on them in ink.
- Sign it yourself with a qualified electronic signature. If you already hold a QES — Evrotrust, B-Trust, StampIT, ZealiD or any qualified provider on the EU Trusted List, on a card, a USB token, in a mobile app or in the cloud — our signing guide explains step by step how to sign this exact file without invalidating it. Step-by-step help, and a way to check it worked
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