Divorced woman can’t share in pension benefits 
Published: April 1, 2013
Tags: ERISA, pension, QDRO, qualified domestic relations order
A divorced woman waited too long to obtain a domestic relations order to enforce her right to 50 percent of her former husband’s pension benefits, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
ERISA plaintiff can recoup lost pension benefits
Published: March 11, 2013
Tags: ERISA, pension
A former AT&T employee was entitled to recoup benefits lost because she misunderstood when she would become eligible for her pension, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in affirming a $122,000 judgment.
No ‘Padilla’ right to be told of pension forfeiture
Published: December 18, 2012
Tags: ineffective assistance of counsel, Padilla v. Kentucky, pension
A defendant was not denied the effective assistance of counsel by his lawyer’s failure to advise him that he would lose his state pension as a result of pleading guilty to a sex offense, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled in reinstating a conviction.
San Diego sued for alleged pension fraud
Published: September 7, 2011
Tags: California, fraud, pension
More than 300 current and former city workers have accused San Diego of pension fraud.
Wife must bear losses in husband’s pension account
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: divorce, pension, property division, QDRO, qualified domestic relations order
A husband was not required to compensate his wife for dramatic losses in a retirement account that was divided in the parties’ divorce, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
$600,000 settlement in dispute over pension payments
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: November 10, 2010
Tags: divorce, pension, spousal support
An 81-year-old woman who divorced her husband in 1985 recently received a $600,000 settlement for owed spousal support and pension payments.
Support can be based on husband’s divided pension
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: November 5, 2010
Tags: pension, spousal support
The continuation of a divorced man’s spousal support obligation could be based on benefits received from his pension – even though half the asset had been awarded to his wife in the parties’ divorce, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
Ex-husband’s pension benefits may constitute ‘income’
By:
Nora Tooher
Published: December 15, 2009
Tags: alimony, pension
Pension payments derived from benefits earned by a husband prior to his marriage may be considered when calculating his ability to pay spousal support, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
Common law wife can get ex-husband’s pension
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 17, 2009
Tags: common law wife, divorce, pension
A common law wife can receive a “widow’s pension” from the city of Cranston, Rhode Island – even though her partner was married to another woman for 30 of the 35 years they were together.
ERISA – WAIVER
By:
Reni Gertner
Published: January 26, 2009
Tags: divorce, ERISA, pension
A waiver in a divorce decree is not sufficient to divest a wife of her interest in her ex-husband’s pension plan.
Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings and Investment Plan, No. 07-636. Jan 26, 2009.
