Until the completion of their 24th year of agethe children of deceased pensioners or insured persons they are entitled to a pension according to the instructions of the National Social Security Agency (EFKA).
This is stated in the recent law (n. 5078/23, article 119), which specifies that in the event of the death of a pensioner or insured person, if the required conditions for retirement have been met, the pension is transferred to the legitimate children.
Specifically, her the provision extends the right to a death pension to children who may have been legitimated, recognized or adopted by the deceased parent. However, to be eligible for this benefit, they must still be minors and must not have reached the age of 24.
This also applies to children who are entitled to a death pension under the “Katrougalos Law” (2016 – 2019), referring to a previous legislative period. Therefore, the provision in question ensures that the death pension is transferred to the deceased’s legitimate children, provided they meet the age criteria and have not exceeded 24 years of age.
Specifically, the provision of a death pension to protected healthy children ends when they reach the age of 24. This applies regardless of whether they are the natural children of the deceased or children who may have been legitimated, recognized or adopted by him.
However, there was a previous regulation that allowed the extension of the pension until the age of 26 for the children of the insured or pensioners of the Self-Employed Insurance Organization (OAEE).
Regarding applications submitted before the implementation of the new insurance law, their examination procedures will be based on the previous regulations. This means that there is no risk of benefits being cut or payments being cancelled. Also, the re-granting of the death pension can be done by a simple decision of the EFKA Director.
According to the circular, in case of cessation of payment of a death pension to an unmarried child who has not reached the age of 24 before the entry into force of the new insurance law, this benefit must be re-granted. The person concerned must submit an application to EFKA, and the eligible child will receive retroactive amounts from the date of entry into force of the new law, i.e. from 20 December 2023 onwards.
This means that if the payment of the death pension was stopped for some reason to an unmarried child who had not reached the age of 24 before the implementation of the new insurance law, then this benefit must be re-granted. To do this, the interested party must submit an application to EFKA. The eligible child will also receive retroactive amounts from the effective date of the new law, ie from 20 December 2023 onwards.
Source: newsbeast.gr
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