Army pension

Hi
i think you are right to believe that marriage is an equal partnership .
i have yet to go down the road of a pension but i am of the the understanding it will be 20/22 which means I think they take 20 years into account for my share and 22 years into account for his share which is only a difference of 2 years in my situation.
I have asked about pension attachment and pension sharing and now am trying to find out about commuting and the the resettlement package and how that is split on divorce .xx

Jakeblues68, I don't know who you are talking to but i suggest you talk to your UAO as you are being given duff info, i also think your rant was out of order,I have been stiffed good time by my ex but i still recognize that without her support with the home and kids my career would have suffered and so she does deserve a share of the pension.
This forum is a place for people to get advice and support at a rough time in there life so please remember this when you post as the people on here are not all roughty toughty squaddies with a thick skin like some, Cheers;)

PS. penny10p I commuted about 1 years pension, divorce would affect it depending on when the pension was shared as that would affect how much pension would be in payment(i think).

Didojane,

Whilst the court can take any approach it sees fit, and I have seen the approach you indicate used, there is no rule that your share of pension only relates to the proportion of service life during marriage.

As a matter of law a court could, for example, give you 100% of his pension: they wouldn't in anything other than highly peculiar circumstances (they might if he'd just won £10M on the Lottery for example), but they could.

Penny10p
There are limits to how much can be commuted, I think it is in the AFPS booklet which I tagged previously in this thread: I think its about 25% max. How much you get for commuting pension is one of those complex actuarial calculations!

Getting divorced doesn't affect commutation. Indeed, the spouse who gets a pension share can in turn commute part of their pension for capital when they are entitled to draw the pension, subject to the rules of the particular scheme at the time.

Just a note because my post went up at practically the same time as Phastasphuk and I didn't want to cause confusion: divorce doesn't affect the right to commute or when someone can commute, but of course if divorce affects the amount of a pension by a pension sharing order, that will affect how much is left for someone to commute from, which is the point P sensibly makes.

Phastasphuk
thank you for giving us the wives recognition that we so deserve and coming from a solider makes all the difference .
Especially one that has lost out with other financial matters it has made a huge difference to me hearing that.
i hope one day to hear my ex say them words i doubt if they will come but its better that the hatred he feels for me needing and wanting a share of his pension
I wish you the best

thank you so much
dido

At last this now seems to be back on topic. lets keep it that way wikipeeps and not long diatribes.

Gene

rant over..

Thank you Active8
i am still trying to understand these things but it is good to no what you are saying and things could work out differently thank you x