Magazine - Money

Advice on planning your way forward from a financial perspective from Martin Bamford, Chartered Financial Planner, Informed Choice. Money is one of the three key parts of the divorce process, along with the legal dissolution of the marriage and dealing with childcare arrangements.

Since 2000, a pension sharing order has been available as an option on divorce. With the ability to achieve a clean break this should be the option of choice for most divorce cases where the pension benefits are significant (and earmarking / offsetting have been discounted).