Bill Text: NY A01503 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-05 - enacting clause stricken [A01503 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01503-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1503

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY, COLTON -- 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.
                                                                   LBD05018-01-1