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Divorce Records 1940-50s
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Andysmum | Report | 2 Mar 2016 22:16 |
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My mother used her married name all her life, and when my father died, despite the divorce and his remarriage, she was astonished to be told she was entitled to a widow's pension!!! :-0 :-0 |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 3 Mar 2016 12:24 |
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Andysmum - that is a surprise. I know my friend was surprised to find out when coming up to her state pension age that she could have a 'top-up' from her ex's contributions to his pension. He was deceased but neither had ever married. |
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Andysmum | Report | 3 Mar 2016 15:48 |
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Chris, I think it was something to do with the new Graduated Pension contributions. They were introduced at the end of the 1940's, so for a couple of years, until the divorce in 1951, my mother was entitled to the extra bit on her pension. It amounted to about 6d a week!! |
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ChrisofWessex | Report | 3 Mar 2016 17:17 |
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Andysmum - friend did not divorce until circa 1990 so she got a fair bit of her ex's pension. |
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