Questão jurídica principal
Whether the compensation of pension arrears against the spouse's reimbursement claim was lawful
Decisão extraída
Yes. In social insurance, compensation is permissible despite lack of identity between creditor and debtor when the claims are closely related.
Fundamentação extraída
The pension arrears and the reimbursement claim arose from closely connected social-insurance benefits; established case law and administrative practice allow compensation in such cases.