Intervention of local community services as a form of family assistance

Abstract

Legal regulations regarding the performance of family functions and parental responsibility find expression in many norms included in the Family and Guardianship Code. The article reviews the forms of institutional assistance that are included in the Polish legal system, taking into account the importance of the family for the development of all its members, especially minor children. In case of problems in the area of parental responsibility, state authorities undertake voluntary (pre-trial) and forced (judicial) interventions. The subject scope of assistance provided to the family, depending on the type of problems and the degree of dysfunctionality, by state institutions based on normative acts of various levels was also analyzed.