CALIFORNIA FAMILY LAW
...Employment Benefits-Pension/Disability
......Reentry into Pension/Repurchase Credits
6 Cards On This Topic:
  • When c/p used to purchase premarital s/p service credits for CalPERS pension, c/p is entitled to reimbursement, plus interest; the additional service credits purchased are s/p.
  • Since c/p funds redeposited to reaqcquire s/p service credits contributed only to annuity part of retirement allowance, community entitled to pro tanto share of annuity–not of the much larger pension component funded by employer contribs.
  • The method selected for apportionment of a retirement benefit must be reasonable and fairly representative of the relative contributions of the community and separate estates.
  • Court retained jurisdiction to divide combined pension into c/p portion attributable to marriage and after-earned s/p portion.
  • Right to redeposit contributions withdrawn from pension to get increased benefits is a c/p right.
  • Right to reinstate a federal pension not c/p.