this situation which makes it possible to request an increase

The survivor's pension is a system which allows a living spouse to receive part of the pension that their deceased partner received or should have received. If the deceased had been married several times, the survivor's pension is divided among all the people who shared their life. In certain cases, it is possible to request a revaluation.

To access the survivor's pension, there are several conditions that must be respected, such as marriage, age limit, etc. You should know, however, that these conditions differ from one regime to another. For the general scheme, for example, the surviving spouse must be aged 55 or over and have resources not exceeding a certain threshold to be eligible for this allowance. In 2024, the ceiling to be respected is 24,232 euros per year for a single person.

The survivor's pension can be granted to several people at the same time. Indeed, if the deceased had been married several times, the portion of his pension is shared equally by all the people who shared his life, which therefore reduces the amount of the pension received by each ex-spouse. However, in certain cases, survivors' pension beneficiaries can request an increase.

Not all survivors' pension beneficiaries can recover the shares of other ex-spouses

Indeed, if one of the ex-spouses dies in turn, the other beneficiaries of the survivor's pension can recover their share. For example, if a person has been married twice, and one of their ex-spouses dies, the other ex-partner can ask to recover their share.

However, not all beneficiaries of this system can make such a request. In fact, this only concerns those whose survivor's pension is paid by the general system (basic pension). For civil service retirement and the Agirc-Arrco supplementary pension, the right to a survivor's pension expires upon the death of the beneficiary. For these plans, it is therefore not possible to recover the share of other beneficiaries.