Divorce over 60 can be costly for women
Each year more than 13,000 people aged over 60 divorce, but the financial effects can leave them substantially worse off – in particular woman.
Female pensioner divorcees can stand to lose on average £18,200 in lifetime income after a split.
Upon divorce a woman's pension income will fall six per cent from £254 a week to £240 a week.
So women are paid less when they work, take more time off for their families, may not even have a pension when they retire due to the nature of their employment or lack thereof - is this seeming slightly skewed?