Supreme Court quashes pension decision due to failure to verify disability onset before age 18. The court found the lower court erred by not properly assessing the medical evidence regarding the child's condition prior to adulthood.
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe Supreme Court quashed the appellate court's dismissal of a pension claim for early retirement based on childcare. The applicant argued his son's paranoid schizophrenia existed before age 18, but the lower court relied on a psychiatric expert opinion stating the disability began after the child turned 18. The Supreme Court ruled that the lower court failed to conduct a deep analysis of the disease's etiology and timeline, violating the requirement to determine if the disability occurred before the statutory age limit.
Legislator headnote
AI generated§ 1 ust. 3 rozporządzenia Rady Ministrów z dnia 15 maja 1989 r.; The court must verify whether the cause of a child's disability falls within specified medical conditions and whether that condition existed before the child reached the statutory age limit to grant early retirement rights.