Army pension

Marsa - thanks for your help - i totally agree with you - the services dont give a toss about wives or kids.

Good for you in trying to help everyone.

Funfair, I have never heard of it being refered to as retired pay and even in the booklet the Forces produce it is called a pension. There are most certainly benefits accrued by the member even though the member does not contribute any money into the scheme. The benefits are issued in the form of money. Also if it was 'pay' not 'pension' why would the Forces continue to pay a spouse in the event of a married retired serviceman's death? And why would anyone be contesting the what it is called in court? Just trying to understand what point you are making!

Penny10p, the point is that if it is 'pay', then the court would award an element of it as a type of alimony to the spouse - just as if a couple split up before pensionable age. Don't know but the split might be different, instead of the 50/50 split that appears to be the usual????
You make a good point though, about the income continuing after the Serviceman has died!
Its not a big issue: I just wondered where the military pension stood 'legally' and if there was any difference to the way a court might view it.

Hi found this site very interesting reading and see there are loads of wifes in same boat as me at moment. Im currently in divorce proceedings with my husband after 11yrs of marriage (though he was more married to the army). He offered me a divorce settlement of £10,000 with no right to anything else ie his pension which i refused. After a yr or going bk and forward through solicitors i got a letter in yesterday from my lawyer saying he had changed solicitors and do i want to wait any longer or start court proceeding. I am choosing to start court proceeding as im sure he is just stalling. He got out of the army after 22yrs last July and is now in receipt of his gratuity and pension so whats his hurry. I am left struggling with his 2kids while he lives it up with his new g/f.

I was willing originally to take a decent lump sum payment and leave his pension but after a yr of fighting i have had enough of quibbling.

Am i doing the wrong thing in taking this to court of should i just take the 10,000 and run lol.

Any input would be grateful.

Oh and forgot to mention he did 2yrs extra after 22yrs service and told me to wait which i did.

Hiya Lynm


Did you get to see his CETV? And do you know how much his gratuity was?

My sol has advised that I am entitled to just over a third of his pension and poss 50% of his gratuity.

£10k ain't alot!

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PS I believe you can only make a claim on money that he physicly has........he's proberly already spent his gratuity!!!!!!! which is proberly why he's stalling
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Hi yeh got all the figures he got a lump sum of 42,290 and he gets a monthly pension of £711 a month until age 55 then goes up again.

He has told me he hasnt spent it but has it put in stocks and shares... yeh i know laughable he can tell me anything.

Forgot to mention how he moans he can only afford to pay me £50 a wk for his 2 kids. He works, gets a pension and has all that money and only has them overnight 1 night every 2 wks. Plonker or what. Im sure in basic training they teach the soldier how to screw their wifes literally if they seperate.