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Pension Insurance > Widow’s and Widower’s Pension

Widow’s and Widower’s Pension

Widow’s pension is granted in the case of a husband’s death.
Widower’s pension is granted in the case of a wife’s death.

A widow (widower) is entitled to a widow’s (widower’s) pension if her husband (his wife) received a pension or fulfilled the insurance period condition required for an entitlement to a full disability or old-age pension on the date of his (her) death.

The conditions for the eligibility for a widow’s or widower’s pension one year after the death of a spouse are as follows:

• caring for a dependent child,
• caring for a child who is dependent on another person’s care with grade II (medium dependency), grade III (heavy dependency) or grade IV (full dependency) dependency,
• caring for the individual’s own parent or the parent of the deceased spouse who lives in the same household and is dependent on another person’s care with grade II (medium dependency), grade III (heavy dependency) or grade IV (full dependency) dependency
• grade 3 disability 
• reaching an age of at least 4 years below the retirement age for a man of the same date of birth determined in accordance with section 32 of Pension Insurance Act no. 155/95 Coll. or reaching the retirement age, if the retirement age is lower.