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ATA/272/1996 ΓÇó Joinder of the deceased's mother in occupational pension dispute
ATA/272/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative14 mai 1996Other
In a social insurance dispute concerning occupational pension assets after the death of the insured wife, the court held that the deceased's mother had to be joined as a party. The mother had been designated in the wife's testament as sole beneficiary of the LPP funds, and the outcome of the case would directly determine whether the husband could claim rights to those funds. The extract also notes that the pension foundation's regulations allowed allocation of the employer-side LPP funds to the mother on equitable grounds, given her personal and financial situation.
Art. 71 LPA; joinder of a third party in administrative proceedings. A person must be called into the proceedings when the contested decision or judgment is capable of directly affecting that person's legal position. In the field of occupational pension benefits, the joinder requirement applies where the dispute concerns entitlement to pension assets and the third party is designated as beneficiary or otherwise has a directly affected legal sphere. The joinder serves to safeguard the third party's right to be heard and to avoid a judgment binding on a person whose legal position would be substantively determined thereby.
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; PREVOYANCE PROFESSIONNELLE; SURVIVANT; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; APPEL EN CAUSE; ASSU
Normes
LPP.62; LPA.71
Résumé
En vertu de son règlement, la fondation de prévoyance pouvait attribuer les fonds LPP de la part employeur à la mère de la défunte pour des raisons d'équité, vu la situation personnelle et financière de cette dernière. En l'espèce, la situation juridique de la mère de la défunte épouse du demandeur est directement touchée par l'issue de la procédure en cause, car cette dernière déterminera si le demandeur a des droits sur les fonds LPP de sa défunte épouse alors même que celle-ci avait désigné dans son testament sa mère comme unique bénificiaire. Elle doit donc être appelée en cause.