Ella Royzman PLLC | New York City Matrimonial and Family Law Firm
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    • Equitable Distribution
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    • Spousal Support
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Retirement Assets

There are a number of ways in which people accumulate retirement assets. It can be through a government or private employer sponsored pension (defined benefit plans) or defined contribution plan:
  • Pension
  • Traditional Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
  • ROTH Individual Retirement Account (IRA)
  • Tax Differed Annuity (TDA)
  • 457K Plans, 401(K) plan
  • 403b plans, Variable Supplemental Fund (VSF)
  • Non qualified Deferred Compensation Plans for Key Personnel (409A plans)
  • Simplified Employee Pension (SEP)
  • Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE IRA)
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP)
  • Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP)
  • SARSEP Plans (Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension)
  • Keogh Plans

There are a host of issues and questions that come up with retirement benefits.
  • Can my spouse have more then one retirement benefit?
  • Is my pension considered separate property?
  • How will these assets be divided?
  • What are the rules for each retirement benefit and how does that effect my divorce settlement?
  • Are there loans taken out on these assets and how will that be addressed in my divorce?
  • How do we find out what benefits there are?
  • What happens to the defined benefit pension if one of us dies?
  • What is the difference between a defined benefit and defined contribution plans and how will it affect my divorce?
  • How does disability, pension and my divorce interplay?
  • Does it matter for my divorce if the retirement asset is in a Qualified verses non-qualified plan?
  • Which is more valuable to me in a divorce a tax-differed or ROTH defined contribution plan?

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1022 Avenue P, Brooklyn, NY 11223
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  • ABOUT
  • Attorney
  • Practice Areas
    • Divorce
    • Equitable Distribution
    • Child Custody and Parenting Time
    • Child Support and Paternity
    • Spousal Support
    • Negotiation and Litigation
    • Separations
    • Relocation Petitions
    • Pre-nuptial / Post-nuptial / Cohabitation Agreements
    • Grandparent Rights
    • Orders of Protection / Family Offense Petitions
    • Post-Judgment Actions and Amended Agreements
    • Jurisdictional Disputes
  • Resourses
  • Contact Us