694 So. 2d 203 - Johnson v. Wetherspoon’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “any benefit payable by a retirement plan, to the extent attributable to the community, is an asset of the community,”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. LA. STATE EMP. RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. McWilliams · 929 So. 2d 1233 - Vicknair v. FIREFIGHTERS'PENSION FUND

2. “[O]ur courts have uniformly held that, at the dissolution of the community, the non-employed spouse is entitled to judgment recognizing that spouse's interest in proceeds from a retirement annuity, or profit sharing or contract, if and when they become payable, with the spouse's interest to be recognized as one-half payments to be made insofar as they are attributable to the other spouse's contributions or employment during the existence of the community.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 839 So. 2d 1255 - Smith v. Smith

3. “[R]ecognizing this Court's previous decisions that declined to distinguish between retirement and survivor benefits, we likewise decline to now treat the payment of retirement and survivor benefits differently.... [R]etirement and survivor benefits should be treated synonymously when determining the interest in said benefits of a former spouse in community.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Succession of Silbernagel