US EditionThe Exception by Which the Widow's Pension May Be Divided Among Several Persons
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The Spanish government, chaired by Pedro Sánchez, maintains the continued application of bilateral social security agreements that allow the sharing of widowhood pensions between several wives in cases of polygamy, in particular for citizens of Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, despite the fact that polygamy is illegal in Spain.This clarification by the Spanish executive came in response to a parliamentary consultation on the legal basis to recogniz…
The widow's pension in Spain, on a general basis, is designed to protect the spouse economically after the death of his or her partner. However, there is a little known exception that allows this benefit to be distributed among several persons. These are the cases covered by the international social security agreements signed by Spain with Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal, which recognize polygamy for the purpose of determining the distribution of t…
Spain recognizes the right to a widow's pension shared among several wives in polygamous marriages in Morocco and Senegal, where such marriages are legal, through bilateral social security agreements in force since 1982 and 2022, respectively. In the case of Morocco, the recognition of a widow's pension shared among several wives has been upheld by Supreme Court rulings, which consider that granting this right does not interfere with the prohibi…
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