Sharing pension benefits when you divorce

Sharing pension benefits applies to couples who began proceedings for divorce or annulment after 1 December 2000. It also applies to the dissolution of a civil partnership.

Sharing pension benefits allows pension rights to be treated like other marital assets so that the whole or a percentage of their value may be transferred from one partner to the other as part of a financial settlement.

For pension-sharing to take place, you need to get a pension-sharing order or provision from the courts. Your solicitor will be able to tell you what steps you need to take to get an order or provision.

You must tell us about any pension-sharing orders or provisions as soon as they are made.

The scheme has put in place a formal policy on pension sharing.