Have your received a notice and appearance of employee benefit plan from CalPERS? If you have received this notice in the mail you are not alone. The notice was sent because you are probably going through or finishing a family law case where a CalPERS account is subject to be divided.

What is it? The notice and appearance of employee benefit plan, California Judicial Counsel form FL- 374 is usually sent out by the CalPERS community property unit after they have been served a Joinder, or been made aware that they are a party to a family law case.

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When a divorced and or legal separation is processed in California, often times there are community property and debts that are divided. When this community asset and debt division is processed by an agreement (martial settlement agreement or stipulated judgment) the parties can decide how those are divided, and when by default the court and or trial will make orders on this division. A common assets divided in a California family law case is a pension and or retirement account. These are accounts acquired through employment during the marriage. While most people would often think that these accounts are owned […]