A07247 Summary:
| BILL NO | A07247 |
| SAME AS | No Same As |
| SPONSOR | Chandler-Waterman |
| COSPNSR | |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Add §212, Dom Rel L | |
| Prohibits a person who has abandoned such person's spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension. | |
A07247 Text:
Go to topSTATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7247 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 21, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CHANDLER-WATERMAN -- 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 such person's 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 such 5 person's spouse or domestic partner shall be barred from claiming or 6 collecting, as part of a distributive award, any portion of a pension 7 owed to such spouse or domestic partner by any public or private employ- 8 er. 9 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to bar or impede the 10 enforcement of an order for child support or for spousal maintenance by 11 garnishment or attachment of such pension funds or by other means. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07124-01-5