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Pension reform: How to advise divorcee clients

January is always seen as a bleak month, and it is no surprise that it usually comes with a surge in divorces. Steven Meredith, pensions specialist at NFU Mutual, said: “For many married couples, the most valuable asset is their pen [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

11% rise in divorcing couples sharing pensions

Sweet & Maxwell, the legal publisher, says there was an 11 per cent rise in the number of pension-sharing orders made by courts in the past year alone. In total, more than one in 10 financial settlements ordered by judges after spouses sp [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

Pension fears 'put divorce on hold'

Thousands of couples are putting divorce proceedings on hold because of uncertainty over public sector pensions sparked by the Government's controversial reforms. The current row is leaving couples going through divorce locked in a st [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Divorce and death of the extended family leaves pensioners a...

In a report, the Centre for Social Justice says that the ageing population has led to a surge in the numbers who need help with basic care, with an additional 1.7 million pensioners likely to be dependant on others within two decades. Bu [...]

Posted On : Nov, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

With this pension fund I thee divorce

Was it a sudden spate of marital disharmony? Or were there mercenary motives at play? A US judge has thrown out a case brought by Continental Airlines against nine pilots accused of getting "sham" divorces in order to collect lar [...]

Posted On : Oct, 21 2009 | Comments : 0

Divorce not needed for coma pension

THE wife of a Brisbane man in a coma won't have to divorce her husband to enable him to receive a full disability support pension after Centrelink backflipped. The Courier-Mail reports the case of Paul and Megan Dodd generated a reader outc [...]