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State Pension and divorce
travel_freak
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Hi,
Please does anyone know how getting a divorce affects a woman's entitlement to state pension based on her husband's contributions?
If W is currently married and receives a state pension which is topped up because it is based on her husband's contributions, if they then divorce does this mean that as they are no longer husband and wife, the wife would lose the top up and revert back to receiving just her original pension entitlement based on her contributions alone?
Many thanks in advance for any advice on this.
Please does anyone know how getting a divorce affects a woman's entitlement to state pension based on her husband's contributions?
If W is currently married and receives a state pension which is topped up because it is based on her husband's contributions, if they then divorce does this mean that as they are no longer husband and wife, the wife would lose the top up and revert back to receiving just her original pension entitlement based on her contributions alone?
Many thanks in advance for any advice on this.
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travel_freak wrote: »If W is currently married and receives a state pension which is topped up because it is based on her husband's contributions, if they then divorce does this mean that as they are no longer husband and wife, the wife would lose the top up and revert back to receiving just her original pension entitlement based on her contributions alone?.
No, the opposite would occur, her pension would be further topped up to 100% of his pension (assuming she receives 60% now).Trying to keep it simple...
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