Specialist pension advice from Divorce Solicitors you can rely on
A pension is often one of the most valuable family assets – and yes, those pension benefits are taken into account in full by the court in deciding how to split a couples assets following divorce. There are a number of orders regarding pensions available to the court on divorce, including:
- Pension Attachment Orders (also known as 'pension earmarking') – under which a % of pension benefits are paid to one spouse when the other retires
- Pension Sharing Orders (also known as “pension splitting”) – under the door these orders there is an actual transfer of a lump sum from the pension fund of one spouse into a fund in the name of the other.
- Pension offsetting – under which other, non-pension assets, can be used to equalise the respective financial positions.
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Specialist pension schemes
In cases where an NHS, Military, Police, Fire Service, NHS or other government pension scheme is concerned, it's essential to pay particular attention to the real value of the fund. It makes sense in complex cases like these, to make sure you get both specialist legal and financial advice. Rest assured that our divorce team regularly deal with these specialist pensions and have that expert legal experience and will ensure that such pensions are properly valued and take into account.
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