Overview

• The TSJA rejected the claim in sentencia 000603/2025, confirming the denial of a contributory widow’s pension.
• The claimant lived with the deceased for 24 years after his 1999 divorce and was named universal heir in his will.
• Judges found the couple neither married nor registered as a pareja de hecho in Aragón’s official registry.
• The court said they faced no legal barrier to registering, which the law requires for non-married partners to access such benefits.
• The INSS recognized the ex-wife as beneficiary, a stance already backed by Juzgado Social 6 de Zaragoza and now by the regional high court.