Naddeo v. Officers & Employees Pension Plan of Laundry, Dry Cleaning & Dye Workers' International Union

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HUYETT, District Judge.

Pending before me are cross-motions for summary judgment filed by plaintiff Dolores Naddeo and intervenor Charles S. Naddeo in this case involving construction of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 (the Act). Both parties seek to recover the entire amount of pension benefits due as the result of the death of Charles J. Naddeo, who was the husband of plaintiff and the father of intervenor. As explained below, my interpretation of the Act calls for the parties to split the sum (approximately $190,000) from decedent Naddeo’s account.

I. INTRODUCTION

There…