In a ruling of April 7, 2021, the Supreme Court issued a ruling estimating a widow's pension for the partner of a civil guard even though they were not formally registered as such, arguing that the union could be accredited by other means, such as registration. Now the Supreme Court rectifies and returns to its previous doctrine.

In this new ruling, the criterion that had been followed until the aforementioned ruling is recovered, a criterion endorsed by the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court, which considers that "proof of the existence of a de facto couple can only be accredited" to receive a pension of widowhood by virtue of article 38.4 of Royal Legislative Decree 670/1987, of April 30, requiring express registration in a public registry or through a public document, in addition to a series of requirements, such as that registration must have occurred two years before the death of the couple. 

Faced with this controversial change of course in the doctrine, the magistrates allege that in the decision taken a year ago there were particular circumstances, since the person who claimed the pension had been a housewife and had no income of her own, therefore she was in an extreme situation.

You will find the original sentence in the attached document. 

Failed: The High Court rejects the appeal for cassation for the unification of the plaintiff's doctrine and confirms the ruling of the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid.