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A06458 Summary:

BILL NOA06458
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORChandler-Waterman
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Add §212, Dom Rel L
 
Prohibits a person who has abandoned his or her spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension.
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A06458 Actions:

BILL NOA06458
 
04/11/2023referred to judiciary
01/03/2024referred to judiciary
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A06458 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6458
 
SPONSOR: Chandler-Waterman
  TITLE OF BILL: 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   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Prohibits a person who has abandoned his or her spouse or domestic part- ner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: §_212.Abandonment; bar to pension collection. (a)Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a person who has abandoned his or her spouse or domestic partner shall be barred from claiming or collecting, as part of a distributive award, any portion of a pension owed to such spouse or domestic partner by any public or private employer. (b)Nothing in this section shall be construed to bar or impede the enforcement of an order for child support or for spousal maintenance by garnishment or attachment of such pension funds or by other means.   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE): N/A   JUSTIFICATION: This bill serves as way to prohibits an individual who has abandoned his or her spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2009-2010: A5733 2011-2012: A4340 2013-2014: A4783 2015-2016: A6480 2017-2018: A2904 2019-2020: A1331   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS: TBD   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A06458 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6458
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 11, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        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 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.
                                                                   LBD07927-01-3
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