Has anyone any idea about what way entitlements work when someone dies, having a pension with provision for widows and orphans, but they were legally separated from their wife and had a child with a new partner? My uncle died last week, leaving his partner with a toddler. My family are concerned about my young cousin and would like to see as much of the money as possible go to him. My uncle wasn't in great condition on the lead up to his death, which was however unexpected, so we don't know what specific provisions he'd made for this eventuality.