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Divorce/nominal amount

Could someoone please confirm...if a sharing order is made and one person gets an amount below the 'trivial comutation' (i think i gt tht right)..wud they still be able to take it all...under the usual age rules

TIA

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  • Yes - provided they meet the usual trivial commutation rules i.e. provided ALL their pensions were valued at less than £15,000. Trivial commutation applies across all your pensions and not each one, individually.
    Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac ;)
  • thanks...yes they hav no pension at all currently and they qualify in 2009..when she is 60...her sum will be 17k...i understand that after april tht year the qualifying amount will be 18k
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