New York A 7247: Prohibits a person who has abandoned such person's spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension

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A07247 Summary:

BILL NOA07247 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORChandler-Waterman

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §212, Dom Rel L

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Prohibits a person who has abandoned such person's spouse or domestic partner from collecting any portion of the spouse's or domestic partner's pension.

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BILL NOA07247 

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03/21/2025referred to judiciary

01/07/2026referred to judiciary

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 7247

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 21, 2025
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 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 such person's 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 such
 5 person's spouse or domestic partner shall be barred from claiming or
 6 collecting, as part of a distributive award, any portion of a pension
 7 owed to such spouse or domestic partner by any public or private employ-
 8 er.
 9 (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to bar or impede the
 10 enforcement of an order for child support or for spousal maintenance by
 11 garnishment or attachment of such pension funds or by other means.
 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07124-01-5

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