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Reaching Retirement Benefits Paid to the Wrong Beneficiary

By Neil Cahn on April 1, 2019
Posted in Agreements and Stipulations, Pensions

What happens when, under a post-divorce QDRO, retirement benefits are paid to the “wrong” beneficiary? The Appellate Division, Second Department, in its March 6, 2019 decision in Schatz v. Feliciano-Schatz held that the proceeds may be reached by the correct beneficiary

In 1998, Susan (W1) and Aloysius (H) were divorced. In February 2004, H married…

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A graduate of Yale College and a Law Review graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law, Neil Cahn has practiced law on Long Island…

A graduate of Yale College and a Law Review graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law, Neil Cahn has practiced law on Long Island for more than 40 years.

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