I Polen kan både fraskilte eller fraseparerede ægtefæller være berettiget til efterladtepension, hvis de i henhold til en retskendelse eller et forlig havde ret til underholdsbidrag, samt forældre (herunder stedfader og stedmoder).
In Poland the right to a survivor’s pension have also both separated and divorced spouses, if they had the right to receive alimony by Court order or agreement in Court, also parents (including stepfather, stepmother).