Key legal question
Whether the widower was entitled to survivor benefits despite the pending divorce proceedings and the spouse’s death before finality of the divorce judgment.
Extracted holding
The widow(er)’s pension was payable because the marriage was dissolved by death, not by divorce, and the claimant remained the legally protected survivor.
Extracted reasoning
The court upheld the cantonal finding that the divorce proceedings became moot upon the wife’s death. Under the relevant pension rules, the claimant’s procedural conduct did not negate entitlement to the survivor benefit.