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A01331 Summary:

BILL NO	A01331
SAME AS	No Same As
SPONSOR	Perry (MS)
COSPNSR	Colton
MLTSPNSR	Jaffee
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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A01331 Actions:

BILL NO	A01331
01/15/2019	referred to judiciary
01/08/2020	referred to judiciary

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A01331 Committee Votes:

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A01331 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          1331
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 15, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M. of A. PERRY, COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          JAFFEE -- 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.
                                                                   LBD06677-01-9

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