Marriage or a registered partnership are treated the same in your pension scheme. Your partner will then be automatically registered for your pension scheme. You don’t have to do anything for this. If you feel that the Partner’s Pension will be inadequate, make arrangements for extra pension.
If you have a joint household, you need to pay extra attention to your partner’s pension. Because you have to register your partner with us. If the participant or former participant dies and the partner was not known to us, the partner can still prove that there was a joint household in order to claim partner’s pension.
You have a joint household if
- there is a cohabitation contract in the notarial past; or
- you have a signed cohabitation declaration in which the participant or former participant and the partner declare that they live at the same address and take care of each other.
If the participant or former participant dies and the partner was not known to us, the partner can still prove that there was a joint household in order to claim partner’s pension.
How to prove a joint household
We receive from the partner a signed cohabitation statement proving that there was a joint household. This means:
- they have lived together for at least six months; or
- a child has been born from the relationship or the child has been acknowledged by the other; or
- there is a rental contract in the name of both of them; or
- a house as joint ownership.