Bill Text: NY A01331 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to judiciary [A01331 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01331-Introduced.html
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
