How strict are the National Insurance requirements about non-married couples having to live together for one to qualify as a surviving spouse after the other’s death ?
By: דיאנה שאלתיאל•Published on: 27 June, 2022While generally the National Insurance Institute requires that the surviving party should actually live with the deceased to qualify for surviving spouse benefits, in exceptional circumstances he/she may be entitled to financial support, even without this, if it can be proved by other means that he/she was regarded as the common-law spouse.