Authority error: Pensioner remains on the route at a repayment of 15,000 euros

Authority error: Pensioner remains on the route at a repayment of 15,000 euros

A dramatic turn in the case of an EM pensioner from the Pinneberg district ensures turmoil: After years of illegal, illegal social welfare payments, the woman is now supposed to repay the woman over 15,000 euros, although the error was clearly with the authority. As Merkur.de , the pensioner was dependent on additional support from July 2010 to November 2015, as her EM pension was not sufficient. A serious mistake happened when she married and did not report this to the responsible social welfare institution, which would have been mandatory.

But instead of hiring the payments, the officials undertook a serious mistake - the reference to the required documents went under. This negligence meant that the woman continued to receive funds for four and a half years that did not exist. Finally, the authority discovered its mistakes in 2016 and demanded the sum back. The case landed before the Schleswig-Holstein State Social Court and now also at the Federal Social Court (BSG) in Kassel, which on December 19, 2024 made a judgment that classified the recovery as illegal. According to opposite-hartz.de can.

court declares a recovery for illegal

The court made it clear that the authority, who did not take into account its own mistakes in the reimbursement, committed a discretion. Over a long period of more than four years, the social welfare agency should have checked the illegal payments correctly and should not have asserted the recovery in this form. This decision could have far -reaching consequences for similar cases and questions the recovery of the recovery when it comes to mistakes from the social welfare office.