​KembaraXtra – Legal Terms – Pension Sharing Order


A pension sharing order is an order made on divorce dividing pension rights between spouses.


The spouse with fewer pension resources may become independently entitled to part of the other spouse’s pension.


The transferred share may either remain within the existing pension scheme or be moved into a separate pension arrangement.


Unlike pension attachment orders, pension sharing creates independent pension rights for the receiving spouse.


Pension sharing orders are available on divorce but not on judicial separation.