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The fact that pension benefits earned are in pay status will not shield them from equitable distribution

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May 20, 2011 at 12:16 pm

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Irrevocable inter-vivos gift of the surviving spouse annuity portion of a retirement benefit plan

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August 11, 2010 at 12:57 pm

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The equitable distribution of pensions, particularly disability pensions, is fraught with complications and subtleties

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June 21, 2010 at 1:32 pm

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When, as part of a divorce, a spouse waives her interest in the benefits of an ERISA pension plan, a plan administrator may properly distributed benefits to a deceased participant’s ex-spouse if she was the only designated beneficiary

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January 26, 2009 at 1:48 pm

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A divorced spouse is entitled to a share of pension benefits from employment during the years of the marriage

September 3, 2008 at 8:17 am

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Equitable Distribution of State Disability Benefits

October 22, 2007 at 6:48 pm

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The portion of a pension that is legally or beneficially acquired during a marriage is subject to equitable distribution

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October 22, 2007 at 11:26 am

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GENOVESE: Generally, property qualifies for equitable distribution when it is attributable to the expenditure of effort by either spouse during marriage, and for purposes of the equitable distribution of marital assets, a marriage is deemed to end on the day a valid complaint for divorce is filed that commences a proceeding culminating in a final judgment of divorce

April 17, 2007 at 6:27 am

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In the case of disability pensions, the portion that serves to compensate the pensioner-spouse for his disability and economic loss should not be subject to equitable distribution; the non-pensioner spouse is only entitled to share the portion of defendant’s disability pension which represents a retirement component

April 5, 2007 at 4:58 pm

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