STATE OF NEW YORK
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4340
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. PERRY, COLTON, CAMARA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. JAFFEE, ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Judiciary
AN ACT to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to prohibiting a
person who has abandoned his or her spouse from collecting any portion
of the spouse's pension
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The domestic relations law is amended by adding a new
2 section 212 to read as follows:
3 § 212. Abandonment; bar to pension collection. (a) Notwithstanding any
4 provision of law to the contrary, a person who has abandoned his or her
5 spouse or domestic partner shall be barred from claiming or collecting,
6 as part of a distributive award, any portion of a pension owed to such
7 spouse or domestic partner by any public or private employer.
8 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to bar or impede the
9 enforcement of an order for child support or for spousal maintenance by
10 garnishment or attachment of such pension funds or by other means.
11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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