He lived 26 years old with his partner, wanted to pension of widowhood – but where is the role?

There is a registration certificate, there are invoices, contracts and witnesses; but the essential document is missing. Living together is not enough.

A woman in Spain shared your life with a man during 26 years. Lived together for over a quarter of a century.

In March 2021, the Man died. A Woman asked widowhood pension to social security, which refused. The case went to court and social security won the case.

The Andalusian Superior of Justice has ruled in favor of the Social Security System: is that It is not officially proven that the two were together.

The woman presented proof of the censuses, a certificate of registration, invoices, public service contracts and defended the testimony of several witnesses.

But the role is missing.

The court explained that the union between the couple is not registered in notary; And there is no document public proof of the Union.

At issue, it explains, is an article of the General Law of Social Security of Spain, which requires a public registration or document at least two years in advance of the death for the attribution of the widowhood pension to couples in a de facto union.

They lived together for 26 years, could even live together for 50 years – but The relationship has to be “formalized”. Living in the same house is not enough to “prove the formal existence of the couple”.

The Andalusian Superior Court also explained that, in order to have access to the village of widowhood in the case of stable union, two requirements should be met simultaneously: stable and uninterrupted coexistence for at least five years; and the formal existence of stable union – and this is only confirmed through registration or public document.

The couple had no children.