Widow’s pension, gypsy marriage and debal couples

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  • Manuel Martín Hernández-Carrillo Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/rejlss.vi3.13543

Keywords:

Gypsy marriage, widow's pension, domestic partnership, indirect discrimination

Abstract

It is a constant judicial doctrine that unions by the gypsy rite do not produce civil effects and, therefore, do not generate the right to a widow's pension upon the death of one of its members. With the exception of the 2009 ECHR ruling, Muñoz Díaz v. Spain (known as "La Nena"), due to the particularities that concurred, based on the good faith of the contracting parties and the reasonable expectation created by the authorities of the Spanish State, the Supreme Court and the TC continue to deny access to the widow's pension , even in cases in which the deceased's death occurred after Law 40/2007, which for the first time made it possible for the surviving member of said couples to access the widow's pension. The particular vote published together with the judgment of the Supreme Court of January 25, 2.018, Appeal 2401/2016, reasons about the unnecessary of said requirement to unions celebrated in accordance with the uses and gypsy customs due to the particularities of said culture, strong family roots and unquestioned marital unity.

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Author Biography

Manuel Martín Hernández-Carrillo, Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía

Magistrado Especialista de lo Social

Presidente de la Sala de lo Social

Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía

Published

2021-09-22

How to Cite

Hernández-Carrillo, M. M. (2021). Widow’s pension, gypsy marriage and debal couples. Journal of Labor and Social Security Legal Studies (REJLSS), (3), 291–297. https://doi.org/10.24310/rejlss.vi3.13543

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Tribuna de Actualidad