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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband was married before for 17 years. No kids. She negotiated no alimony but 30 percent of his pension.  We had a pension meeting last year and DH is due to get 8,300.00 a month and 1/3 of it goes out the window.  At the time he thought he was being smart by not giving her a percentage of his 401k and he didn't even think his pension would be around.  She took a gamble and it worked.[b]  Its odd because he hasn't seen her or given her a dime in 14 years but she will have this parachute coming to her soon.[/b]  [/quote]

There is a formula in the case of Federal pension benefits for determining what your spouse receives in case of divorce.  In general, it is the total of the number of months that you are married divided by the total number of months of the Federal career.  If you were working for the Federal Government before you were married, those months do not count for purposes of determining the final payout to the ex.

I am trying to figure out what is equitable distribution?  We live in VA.  We have considerable assets - almost $2 million in investments, real estate and 401ks between the two of us.  IMHO, since it was all accrued during the marriage it should be split 50/50, including all debts.  STBXW is fighting that tooth and nail, thinks she deserves more because of the "time she took off to be a Mom."  Franky, she was a bad mother and an even worse spouse (cheated), but I just want to cut the ties and be done with her, but I am not giving her one more penny than the law allows.  [/quote]

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