Pensions in payment no longer an 'asset' in divorce

Under previous Pensions on Divorce Regulations which came into force on 1 December 2000, there were three things a court could do when taking pensions assets into account as part of a divorce settlement: A court can take is to offset the pension assets, which is where one party gets to keep their pension while the other is awarded an asset, such as the family home, which has an equal value. Although rarely used, it is possible for the court to earmark part of a person’s pension, so when it comes into payment the ex-spouse will receive a certain amount of income. A pension sharing ord...