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March 27, 2014

Unvested Military Retirement Benefits earned during marriage qualify as marital asset

By Kathleen Maloney | March 26, 2014 Daniel v. Daniel (Slip Opinion) 2012-2113[Full Text – PDF] The Ohio Supreme Court on March 26, 2014 in a 4-3 Decision found that unvested military pensions must be taken into account when dividing marital assets. The Supreme Court of Ohio in it’s announcement stated: A trial court must take the value of unvested […]
December 30, 2013

Revised Division of Property Order for State Agencies (OPERS, STRS, SERS, OP&F, and OHPRS)

The Ohio retirement systems recently amended their respective administrative rules to account for revisions to the Division of Property Order (“DPO”) form. The rule amendments and the revised DPO form will be effective January 7, 2014. Note that the Ohio retirement systems will accept and process the “new” and “old” versions of the DPO form until June 30, 2014, but […]
March 27, 2014

Unvested Military Retirement Benefits earned during marriage qualify as marital asset

By Kathleen Maloney | March 26, 2014 Daniel v. Daniel (Slip Opinion) 2012-2113[Full Text – PDF] The Ohio Supreme Court on March 26, 2014 in a 4-3 Decision found that unvested military pensions must be taken into account when dividing marital assets. The Supreme Court of Ohio in it’s announcement stated: A trial court must take the value of unvested […]
December 30, 2013

Revised Division of Property Order for State Agencies (OPERS, STRS, SERS, OP&F, and OHPRS)

The Ohio retirement systems recently amended their respective administrative rules to account for revisions to the Division of Property Order (“DPO”) form. The rule amendments and the revised DPO form will be effective January 7, 2014. Note that the Ohio retirement systems will accept and process the “new” and “old” versions of the DPO form until June 30, 2014, but […]