Moore v. Moore’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Such benefits are intended to compensate the employee spouse for lost earning capacity. They are paid in lieu of the earnings which would have been paid to the employee if he or she had been able to work. They replace the future salary or wages which the employee, because of physical or mental disability, will not be able to earn. They are comparable to Workmen's Compensation disability payments. Post-divorce payments intended to compensate for an inability to work are not marital property.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2005 Pa. Super. 311 - Cioffi v. Cioffi

2. “[A]ll property acquired by either party during the marriage, including the increase in value, prior to the date of final separation, of any nonmarital property acquired ...”

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