Please Help fathers pension

alone4life

My Father has just passed and had a private pension with a 5 year garantuee on it i have just recived the paper work as i am the next of kin (only child) and the pension company require my birth certificate as proof of relationship but my father is not on my birth certificate my mother didnt put him on it, its just blank.


Does anybody have any ideas of what i need to do? my fathers side all know i am his son and are willing to confirm this if required, any help would be appreciated.

xylophone

Were you named as the beneficiary by your father?

squirrelpie

Sorry to hear of your loss. I don't know what to do but if I were in your situation I would:
(1) call the pension company, explain your situation and ask what evidence they would accept in lieu, also ask whether he left any statements about beneficiaries.


Other options depend on your situation, so I suspect you'll need to provide more information if you want suggestions. For example, if your mother is both alive and was married to your father then I suppose she would be next of kin, so I suppose she has either died or wasn't married to your father. Your options will depend on which.


How do the pension company know you are the next of kin? (indeed, do they or was the paperwork forwarded?) It may be they need to take a decision based on the weight of evidence and are seeking to increase the amount of evidence but will have to take a decision regardless.

alone4life

xylophone wrote: »

Were you named as the beneficiary by your father?

There was no beneficiary named.

alone4life

squirrelpie wrote: »

Sorry to hear of your loss. I don't know what to do but if I were in your situation I would:
(1) call the pension company, explain your situation and ask what evidence they would accept in lieu, also ask whether he left any statements about beneficiaries.


Other options depend on your situation, so I suspect you'll need to provide more information if you want suggestions. For example, if your mother is both alive and was married to your father then I suppose she would be next of kin, so I suppose she has either died or wasn't married to your father. Your options will depend on which.


How do the pension company know you are the next of kin? (indeed, do they or was the paperwork forwarded?) It may be they need to take a decision based on the weight of evidence and are seeking to increase the amount of evidence but will have to take a decision regardless.

The company know i am the next of kin beacause my cousin who is dealing with the estate told them when she informed them of the death by phone, i spoke to them and gave them permission to discuss everything with my cousin.

alone4life

My mother is still alive but wasnt married to my dad.


I also registerd my fathers death.

xylophone

my father is not on my birth certificate my mother didnt put him on it, its just blank.

My mother is still alive

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/special-features/how-can-add-deceased-partners-13849625

LHW99

Are you / have you been married? If so, is his name on the certificate?

Silvertabby

xylophone wrote: »

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/special-features/how-can-add-deceased-partners-13849625

Not a simple process - looks like it was intended for use in cases where the parents weren't married, and the father died before the baby was born.

The LGPS had a similar case some time ago. In the end, the death grant wasn't paid to the child, but to the late pension fund member's sister, being the closest family member who could prove a relationship.

In this case, as OP says that other family members recognise him as his father's son, then the simple answer may be to let the trustees pay the death grant to the nearest provable relative and for them to just pay it over to the son.

nigelbb

alone4life wrote: »

My mother is still alive but wasnt married to my dad..

Assuming you were born in the UK it looks pretty straightforward for your mother to re-register your birth with you father's name on the certificate & doesn't even cost anything.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-re-register-a-childs-birth-and-add-the-natural-fathers-details

Mojisola

nigelbb wrote: »

Assuming you were born in the UK it looks pretty straightforward for your mother to re-register your birth with you father's name on the certificate & doesn't even cost anything.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-re-register-a-childs-birth-and-add-the-natural-fathers-details

How is the father going to fill in the required forms?