Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the reglementary requirement of a five-year uninterrupted common household for a partner pension is valid and satisfied here.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The additional reglementary requirement is permissible, but on the facts the couple had lived in a qualifying uninterrupted common household for at least five years before death.
Extrahierte Begründung
A pension fund may narrow the statutory beneficiary class for extra-mandatory benefits, provided equal treatment and non-discrimination are respected. A common household need not mean a permanent, fixed shared residence without interruptions; what matters is the manifest intention to live together in the same household as circumstances allow. The evidence showed a stable life partnership and repeated shared living arrangements, including with their common child.