Authority error: Court stops 15,000 euros for pensioners!

Authority error: Court stops 15,000 euros for pensioners!

A pensioner from the Pinneberg district faces a financial nightmare that results from a serious authority error. She received social assistance for over four years, which she should not have obtained due to a mishap of the responsible authority. As reported by Mercury , the pensioner has been dependent on additional financial support since July 2010, since her disability pension was not sufficient. When she married and moved in with her husband, she did not inform the authority, but this was crucial for her claim to social assistance. Despite this injunction, social assistance remained paid for a further four years for incomprehensible reasons.

The authority's error was only discovered in 2015, and the pensioner then asked the pensioner to repay about 15,000 euros. The case was brought before the Federal Social Court, which has now decided that the recovery was illegal. According to opposite-hartz , the court has not found that the authority cannot ignore its own error. Since the payments were continued on the basis of administrative errors, there is an illegality in the recovery, which is classified as a discretionary error.

court ruling ensures breathe

The Federal Social Court has made it clear that errors made by authorities must not be interpreted to the disadvantage of the affected people. In a judgment published on December 19, 2024, it was confirmed that in such cases the authority must take the circumstances into account when deciding on reclaims. This clarification could have far -reaching effects on similar cases and gives the pensioner a little hope in this difficult situation that she does not have to pay the enormous repayment claims.