BENEFICIARY/Spouse
You should be aware that under the terms of the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985, benefits following your death (before retirement) are payable automatically to your Spouse if you are married or party to a common-law relationship at the time of your death.
When you retire, you are also required to take your pension in a joint form with your Spouse as described earlier, unless your souse waives her rights by completing and filing a prescribed form before the pension is to commence.
Under the Pension Benefits Standards Act, 1985, a Spouse is:
the person who is cohabiting with the member in a conjugal relationship at the relevant time, having so cohabited for at least 1 year (i.e. common-law partner); or
if there is no common-law partner, the person who is married to the member or who is party to a void marriage with the member.
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