Economy

Social Security will deny the widow's pension in marriages of less than one year if the death was due to a common illness and without children in common or proven previous cohabitation.

Social Security will deny the widow’s pension in marriages of less than one year if the death was due to a common illness and without children in common or proven previous cohabitation.

Social Security may deny a widow’s pension to spouses who lose their partner shortly after getting married. This is so since Social Security can allege that the minimum duration requirement of the link is not met, as established in article 219.2 General Social Security Law. This explains that if the ...