596 So. 2d 252 - Moore v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “"... employee spouse attains a significantly higher-paying position while remaining within the coverage of the same pension plan, either through earning a post-community degree, or transfer within the company to an unrelated area of service ... Such increases are not `acquired during the existence of the legal regime through the effort, skill, or industry of either spouse' are not fairly ascribable to the community and should not be considered community property." Moore, supra at 255 . The pension fund increases that would be ascribable to the community and considered a community asset are non-personal elements such as: "longevity raises, cost-of-living raises, forfeitures by terminated employees, and investment returns."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCown v. McCown · 957 So. 2d 368 - Jett v. Jett

2. “the employee spouse believes that the income he or she will receive on retirement contains a substantial increment ascribable to his or her personal effort or achievement ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCown v. McCown

3. “longevity raises, cost-of-living raises, forfeitures by terminated employees, and investment returns.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCown v. McCown