CETV for divorce

dunstonh

Care: 2020 thread resurrection.

xylophone

I'm pretty sure one cannot get a CETV for a Civil Service pension.

You can.

See

https://www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/retired-left-or-leaving/transfer-your-pension-out-to-another-provider/#:~:text=If you leave employment in,period to request a transfer.

BUT NOTE

Transfer restrictions may apply.

They certainly will apply if seeking to transfer a vested CS DB pension to a scheme offering flexible benefits.

https://techzone.abrdn.com/public/pensions/tech-guide-db-to-dc-transfers#:~:text=Even though a member may,don't provide flexible benefits.

Public sector schemes

Even though a member may have a statutory transfer right, unfunded public sector pension schemes (for example, the NHS Pension Scheme) cannot transfer benefits to a DC scheme capable of providing flexible benefits, such as income drawdown.

But transfers are allowed to DC schemes that don't provide flexible benefits. This allows members to transfer to buy conventional annuities, which could help those who are unlikely to get good value for money from their DB promise - for example, those in poor health or single people who have no need for a survivor's pension on their death.

Funded public schemes (for example, the Universities Superannuation Scheme) will allow transfers to DC schemes that offer income flexibility.

CS DB pension is an unfunded public sector scheme.