CALDWELL ESSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY DIVORCE MEDIATION

They obtained their New Jersey divorce judgment in 1990, when they were supposed to divide his pension, pursuant to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order [QDRO]. 15 years later, the QDRO was finally entered, and the ex-husband appeals from the New Jersey divorce judge's award of $30,657.48 to the ex-wife. However, that determination is affirmed : there was an equitable and contractual obligation to give defendant her due share of his pension benefits, independent of the existence of the QDRO. Branca v. Branca, September 14, 2009