Do you need pensions valued for a consent order

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Soon to be ex DH and I are agreed on how to split things, but do we still need to get pensions valued as a judge has to rubber stamp the order?

Have got a solicitor but she's away and I fear I'll get charged for asking! Planning to get them to draft the order.

In England and wales they work it out as a percentage so value might not be relevant, but in scotland it goes on a monetary amount.

Also going through the same. My solicitor said pensions can be a very valuable asset so best to get them valued so you can decide on what to do with them. Otherwise they might ask to sign a disclaimer saying you went against advice

STBXH is happy to sign that he keeps his and I keep mine. We know mine will be worth more. But we will have to wait months for a CETV and I am worried about interest rates rising, so keen to get things done and dusted and mortgage applied for ASAP.

In theory could we have a financial order saying he keeps his, I keep mine, we acknowledge it's not valued, we split equity 50:50 and that's that?

If you agree and understand it you don’t need valuations

Super! Thank you

You need to put the value of your pension (as CEV) on form D81, even if you are not going to share it as part of a pension sharing order.

The judge needs to understand each party’s financial position to determine whether the proposed consent order is fair. It is more than a “rubber stamping” exercise.

Once made, orders can very rarely be challenged, so the approving judge wants to make sure each party understands what they are entering into.

CETV doesn’t necessarily take months, all mine came within a week or so.

Public sector...been delays due to recalculations. The standard wait is up to three months and apparently there is a big backlog.