How to get a survivor's pension
Lukatskaya noted that you should know that the husband or wife who was supported by the breadwinner will not receive 100% of his loss pension.
The provisions of the law on compulsory state pension insurance clearly define how pensions are assigned to disabled family members of the deceased breadwinner.
As lawyer Liliya Lukatskaya clarified in an interview with Ukrainian Radio, disabled family members of the deceased include husband or wife, father, mother, if they are disabled or have reached retirement age. These can also be children under 18 years of age, or older children if they have been disabled since childhood.
Children who receive education are entitled to a survivor's pension until completion of their studies, but not longer than 23 years. These are orphans under 23 years old….
