Pensions
 

Sorry to be a bit lazy but before I write to the pensions payroll a quick question for you savvy financiers out there. I left the RAF in 1992 on a 16/38 pension. I got married in 2006. Does my wife qualify for a widows pension? If not do my children qualify at all?

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...ambenefits.pdf

All the info you need is here:

Widow’s or Widower’s
Eligibility
For your widow or widower to
be entitled to receive pension
benefits, the following
conditions apply:
• you must be married at the
time of your death;
• only a legal spouse can
receive a widow’s or
widower’s pension;
• only a decree absolute
ends a marriage and a
widow’s or widower’s
pension entitlement.
(Neither separation nor a
decree nisi is considered
as ending a marriage).

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See page 16 of the link;

• if you married after leaving
the Armed Forces, only
service given on or after 6
April 1978 will count towards
your widow’s pension (this is
known as a post-retirement
widow’s pension).

I'm in that position.

What's the score if you get remarried after leaving the service. Does the new one qualify?

Many thanks everyone especially for the link. Answers all my questions.

Tuck