Pension

[Debster61]

Can I ask a question about this topic ?

So she is still his wife with lots more rights legally than you have
Get him to a solicitor to get it sorted

I don’t want or need anything from him. But I don’t want him to loose everything or most of what he has worked for. She hasn’t worked in the 8 years they were together.

If they were only together for 8 years, it will not be the same issue as of they had spent a life time together. But he needs to get it all addressed in the financial order.

If your partner wants to protect his pension he needs to divorce.

Anyone I know who's been awarded a proportion of a pension has usually meet a few criteria like being married for more than 10 years and/or the wife has spent most of her working years raising the children of the family.

That’s great

There are no hard and fast rules on divorce, but the starting point would be that all of the assets are put into a put and then divided so if the ex has a pension this would also go into the pot. You really need to get good legal advice and you should look to close this down quickly. If he dies it could get very complex indeed.

Are they divorced or not? The longer he leaves it the more she could be entitled to.

It’s best to do a Financial Settlement at the same time as divorce.

Thank you everyone

@Debster61 she should only be able to claim 50% of his pension for the duration of the marriage. Of course if he has not got a full and final financial separation agreement yet, remember the amount continues to accrue. You can get the financial order agreed prior to divorce to stop further delay and continued accrual.

Yes, they need a financial settlement as part of their divorce. The starting point is 50/50 of everything (property/cars/savings/pensions/debts). She may get more/less than 50%.

Has - he needs to.

If he doesn't get a financial settlement she can come back later when his pension is even more.

If they are not divorced she's his wife not ex-wife.

Sorry, no. Both sorts of order are available.

She is entitled to half of the joint assets. When two people marry their financial positions are united - the fact that she has been dependent on him means this is all the more important. Pension is part of the joint assets but it's not unusual to divide the pot so that one individual keeps all the pension and the other individual gets the equivalent value in property or other assets.

This isn't "going after" it is what he agreed to when he married her.