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· 4/23/1987

Dewan v. Dewan

Citations

  • 506 N.E.2d 879
  • 399 Mass. 754
  • 1987 Mass. LEXIS 1271

How courts have described this case

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  • original property judgment erroneously valued husband’s pension under federal employee’s civil service retirement plan as amount of money that husband contributed to the plan
  • REA allows non-employee spouse to receive her share of the pension benefits independently of the employee spouse
  • REA allows non-employee spouse to receive her share of the pension benefits independently of the employee spouse
  • where division is made to apply to pension benefits when received, the award is typically of a percentage of that portion of the benefits attributable to the period of the marriage
  • assignment of percentage interest in current value of vested future pension benefits
  • assignment of percentage interest in current value of vested future pension benefits

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Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Nolan, Wilkins

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