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Child maintenance and inflation

Child arrangements, holidays, child maintenance and children’s expenses in Spain, with links to the official sources. It isn’t legal advice.

Child maintenance in Spain and the yearly CPI update: how to calculate it, with an example

How to update child maintenance (pensión de alimentos) with Spain's CPI (IPC): which index and month your agreement sets, the formula, an example with the INE figure for September 2026 (4.9%), the INE calculator and common mistakes.

October 2026 · 6 min