Supreme Court dismisses social security suspension against missing person not declared dead legally. Missing person presumed alive until legal death declaration. Family rights protected against premature benefit cuts.

The Supreme Court of Poland dismissed the cassation appeal against a social security agency's decision to suspend a miner's pension. The agency had suspended benefits after receiving anonymous information that the insured person was missing and failed to provide proof of continued entitlement. The court ruled that the presumption of life for a missing person, who has not been legally declared dead, is the primary criterion for allowing such suspensions. Consequently, the agency could not rely on the insured's failure to sign a confirmation form because the legal conditions for terminating the right to benefits had not been met.