Q: is an ex spouse entitled to pension money that was earned years after our divorce was final? We were divorced in 2005.
I went to work for a company in 2010 and have just retired in August 2022. During the years that I was with the company I had a pension. I have just retired and have requested the payout on my pension. The company will not pay out my pension. The reason they are using is that I was married from 2001 - 2005 (divorce was in 2005) and they say that the pension money I earned from 2010 - 2022 has to be divided and given to my ex-husband. I was not married to him during the time I worked for the company. In fact, he remarried long before I went to work for the company that I have just retired from. In other words, I was not married to him during any time that I worked for the company I just retired from.
A:
Typically, a former spouse is not entitled to any portion of a pension earned while working for an employer after divorce.
However, I have seen divorce decrees in which the parties have agreed to share future retirement benefits with each other.
You should carefully read the property division sections of your divorce decree.
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