FAQ
How to Protect Your Pension and Retirement Benefits in Divorce?
An NYPD officer (or other civil service employees-but for the purposes of this FAQ section the NYPD Officer will be used as an example) has a tremendous amount of retirement benefits. After twenty...
What about a Three-quarters, or Disability Pension?
This too is a complicated question. In brief, your spouse is still entitled to his/her Majauskas share of your pension. However, your spouse is not entitled to any portion of the funds you receive...
What Are Enhanced Earnings and How Do They Play into Protecting Your Retirement Benefits, and Equitable Distribution?
This is a very complicated yet important area of law that all civil servants facing a divorce must understand and know their rights. Simply put, consider the following illustration. You are a Police...
Can a Male Police Officer or a Man Obtain Custody of His Child(ren)?
The short answer is yes. The only issue the Court is interested in is what is in the best interests of your child(ren). According to the law, there is no preference toward the sex of the parent of...
What Are the Non-custodial Parent’s Child Support Obligations?
A non-custodial parent’s child support obligations are very much written in stone. They are codified law. They are the following percentages of a person’s gross salary, taxes notwithstanding: 17%...
Must the Officer Pay Maintenance (Alimony) to His/her Ex-spouse?
A non-custodial parent’s child support obligations are very much written in stone. They are codified law. They are the following percentages of a person’s gross salary, taxes notwithstanding: 17%...
How Does an Officer Protect Himself Against Internal Investigations?
No, it is not a must, but depends on the specific factors of the divorce. What used to be called alimony is now called maintenance. The law sets out formulas regarding what the monied spouse (the...
What Should an NYPD Officer Do If Subject to a PG Hearing or Disciplinary Matter?
This is a simple question with a simple answer. Do not lie, ever! Do not give into peer pressure. Let us be honest however. The writer of these FAQs is a retired NYPD Lieutenant. Who worked in a...
*These FAQs are not to be construed as legal advice, merely a broad outline of the current law. Each case is very fact-specific and each individual attorney may have his or her own interpretation of the law and give advice depending on the specific facts and issues of your case. Additionally, each attorney may follow a different strategy regarding your representation*