Q: Where can I get information about what’s going on with this. And how do I learn exactly what’s going on.
My father passed away March 17, 2018. He placed my brother and I as the beneficiaries to his NYCERS pension. My stepmother is fighting it, trying to get her elective share which we are ok with, we recently got a letter from her lawyer with a title notice of settlement granting elective share.
A: A notice of settlement is a proposed court order to be entered after a court hearing. You shoud have been noticed of a hearing. It may be nothing other than granting what you agreed to anyway, but only a lawyer seeing the paperwork could know. Has NYSERS held the money or do you have it?
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