Supreme Court rules care for non-disabled family member without official disability certificate is not non-contributory period.

The Supreme Court dismissed the applicant's appeal regarding the non-contributory period for caring for a family member. The lower court had granted an early pension by counting six years of unpaid work caring for the applicant's father, despite the lack of a disability certificate for the father. The Court held that the statute requires a formal legal determination of total disability or significant impairment before such care can be recognized as a non-contributory period. Consequently, the absence of a prior official ruling invalidated the lower court's decision to count those years toward the pension eligibility.