NY Divorce and UK Pension Rights

What happens when a New York matrimonial litigant's pension benefits are foreign, administered by a plan administrator outside the jurisdiction of a New York court? As the authors state, the importance of specialized and expert legal and tax advice cannot be underestimated.

10 minute read August 01, 2017 at 12:02 AM
By
Gerry Wendrovsky and David Salter
NY Divorce and UK Pension Rights

It is well established in New York that in the determination of parties' rights in a divorce action, marital property is “all property acquired by either or both spouses during the marriage and before the execution of a separation agreement or the commencement of a matrimonial action.”

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