A disability has consequences for the child support/alimony calculation. However, if the divorce proceedings are still pending, the consequences are more difficult to assess. In the event of death, the situation is much clearer from a legal perspective – death renders any separation or divorce proceedings null and void because they are no longer necessary.
If the ex-partner dies after the divorce, the wife is still entitled to a widow's pension from the AHV and the pension fund, provided that she was older than 45 at the time of the divorce and the marriage had lasted at least 10 years. For men, the situation is more complex.