Army pension

your right Jake, but I get the impression that it's all signed sealed and delivered, can it be undone in that case?

xx

Never say never!

Sir Rem:)
When I say you are emotive I don't mean in a prima donna way! I mean in a stressed out, wrung out sense and I can understand that. I was just trying to keep your thread 'fresh'
This has been bugging me and I wish I had a magic wand.I cannot get my head around the reasoning and sums. I too hope someone can offer you some concrete help and advice. Peeps are fantastic on here and maybe the next person to read this will be an expert on military pensions!!
It looks like sueing your sol/s is the only option, has anyone on here any experience of the likely outcome of that?

Basket

Can I just agree with you. A few posts back on this thread I expressed my astonishment that SR can end up with no pension. How these sums work is beyond me. I only wish I knew where the answer lay, without spending a fortune.

I just think it should be fair to everyone which is the point that I try to get across.

I believe that somewhere on wiki is a list of solicitors and their specialities....Will search

Take Care

Asram

i have read most of the posts and there seems to be some conflicting advice re lump sums .

I am the current partner of a solider who is leaving after 18 years service on medical grounds . we are hopeing he will get his full lump sum and pension, problem is he is still married ! he has ben seperated 4 years and lived with his wife for 5 yeras the seperation was due to adultery on her part. She will not agree to a divorce so he has to wait for the 5 year point.

is she entitled to any of his lump sum and if so how much (as they only lived togther 5 years ) and how much of his pension will she get . Finally is it better or worse that thay are not yet divorced ????? and does this effect her entitelment ????? we really need some advice (they have 1 child )

thanks

sophiealice - he's still married - until the divorce is finalised [and as long as he's alive] his wife has no legal right to share his pension/lump sum unless he chooses to share it with her- on divorce she can claim a share in his pension benefits.

About sirremealot - so many questions that are critical to understanding defined benefit/final salary pension sharing - the answers should have been available at the point where he was negotiating his divorce settlement.
His solicitor will probably say - like mine did - that everything was done according to the pension sharing regulations.

Is 100% of his pension CETV on divorce the same thing as 100% of his pension?
If 100% of the CETV was transferred to his ex and sirremealot left the service on the same day would there be zero pension payable to him?
Was his solicitor obliged to calculate the effect of pension sharing on his pension? - did his solicitor carry out that calculation?

lt1972 wrote:

After being divorved from my husband in the forces 5 years ago, we agreed a lump sum of his army pension when he left,his 22 years service is due to end Febuary 2010. I have now discovered he is now serving an extra 5 years and has told me that i will have to wait another 5 years to recieve my lump sum.
Is this right?,can he do this? how can I get my lump sum in 2010,which for the past 5 years I believed was when I was supposed to recieve it?

"my lump sum"

Thats a good one. Perhaps a lump directly on the top of your head might be more in order. I hope he emigrates and you don't get a penny, bloodsuckers such as yourself deserve nothing less.