shared pensions

janny46

Hi i currently receive a portion of my exs military pension. He has just turned 55 so his pension has gone up. I rang the helpline to see if my share will also go up and was told no as my share is calculated on the pension at the time of the divorce. However when i read the courts pension order to them they had no answer and suggested i write in, which i have
The court order states that i am to receive 50% of exs pension annuity until i remarry or there is another court order. I havent remarried and there is no new court order
So it seems to me that i should receive 50% of his pension as it is now and not as it was when we divorced
Has anybody experienced anything similar
Thanks in anticipation

madvixen

Sorry to be blunt but why should you get half of what his pension is worth now? You're no longer married. The pension sharing order is calculated from the day you divorced and is calculated at the value it was worth then - not what it is worth now.

janny46

I know this is a contentious issue and I fully expect negative responses, tbh it never even crossed my mind that he was 55 till someone mentioned it to me. However I am working on the premise of "you don’t ask, you don't get"......and if I do get then it will be because of the judge's ruling and nothing else.

Fergie76

janny46 wrote: »

I know this is a contentious issue and I fully expect negative responses, tbh it never even crossed my mind that he was 55 till someone mentioned it to me. However I am working on the premise of "you don’t ask, you don't get"......and if I do get then it will be because of the judge's ruling and nothing else.

So you are just a money grabbing so and so?

Alias_Omega

Hi OP, ignore the "Money Grabbing Person" or so replies. Pension sharing is never a good topic.

I would check the Armed Forces Pension Calculator, and work out what you think you would be owed.

http://www.mod-pc.co.uk/


The maths can be overly complicated. If you were married for 11 years, you could think you were entitled to 11/22nd's of a pension, however it would be 5.5years, and therefore 5.5/22nd's.

In addition, this link may here -

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/armed-forces-pensions-on-divorce-and-dissolution-of-civil-partnerships

Good Luck..

Fergie76

I don't see anyone calling her a b*tch in this thread???

Alias_Omega

Fergie76 wrote: »

I don't see anyone calling her a b*tch in this thread???

Post edited. It was just a phrase, used in the majority of sections/t-bars across the forces, and not a referral to anyone in this thread.

Post edited to insert an extra link.

Magnolia

Pension sharing after divorce is there because of the transient nature of the lifestyle the 'wife' has no opportunity to build up a pension of their own.