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Pensions and divorce: exploring financial settlements
— a qualitative study of solicitors | | Author(s) | Sue Arthur, Jane Lewis |
| Corporate Author | Social Research Branch, Department of Social Security - DSS |
| Publisher | DSS Social Research Branch, London, 1999 |
| Pages | unnumbered (Department of Social Security research summary) |
| Source | Keith Watson, Social Research Branch, Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT. |
| Keywords | Divorce ; Rights [elderly] ; Pensions. |
| Annotation | This summarises the findings of Department of Social Security Research report no 118, which examined how solicitors deal with pension rights in financial settlements arising from divorce. Research was undertaken by the National Centre for Social Research. Together with the results of DSS Research report no 117, "Pensions and divorce: the 1998 survey", this study aimed to examine the operation of new provisions in the Pensions Act 1995, and to collect baseline information to evaluate provisions for pension sharing on divorce contained in the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Solicitors had a broad understanding of the pension sharing proposals: they saw the ability create a clean break between the couple as a key benefit with practical and psychological advantages. While pension sharing was seen as an improvement on "earmarking", a preference remained for dealing with pensions through compensation methods. Concern was expressed over the possible administrative cost of pension sharing: it could be disadvantageous if it meant that a non-pension holder was provided with future resources at the expense of meeting current needs. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000714207 B |
| Classmark | SOH: IKR: JJ * |
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