PRINTER'S NO. 2328
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1612
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY GIBBONS, THOMAS, MURT, LONGIETTI AND PHILLIPS-
HILL, OCTOBER 8, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 8, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 23 (Domestic Relations) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in divorce, further providing for
equitable division of marital property.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3502 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
§ 3502. Equitable division of marital property.
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(a.1) Military pay.--The court, under 10 U.S.C. § 1408(c)
(relating to payment of retired or retainer pay in compliance
with court orders), may treat disposable retired pay or retainer
pay payable to a military member either as property solely of
the member or as property of the member and the spouse of the
member. If the court determines that the disposable retired pay
or retainer pay of a military member is marital property, the
court shall calculate the amount consistently with the rank, pay
grade and time of service of the member at the time of
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separation.
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Section 2. The addition of 23 Pa.C.S. § 3502(a.1) shall
apply to actions commenced on or after the effective date of
this section.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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