Ex-partner deceased?: Claiming pension points after divorce - here's how
If the ex-partner dies within three years of the divorce, the pension equalization made can be reversed - but this will not happen automatically.
In Germany, when a couple divorces, the court typically conducts an equal division of pension rights acquired during the marriage. However, if one partner has transferred pension points to the other, this is usually irreversible. The German Association for Family Law and Maintenance (ISUV) notes that an exception applies if the recipient of the pension points has received them for 36 months or less, in which case the transfer can be reversed.
To do so, a request must be made to the Deutsche Rentenversicherung, and the reversal takes effect from the month after the request is approved.
Written by urgent.news from Handelsblatt's report — not a translation of it. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
