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Maria S. Lazar: “You're never allowed to take someone's Social Security…”

Featuring: Maria S. Lazar, Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II

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Published | Video Starts at 57:11

And that's a case that talks about Social Security benefits. And yes, I know again, we're getting boring. But it talks about it in a context of equitable distributions in a divorce situation where You're never allowed to take someone's Social Security benefit and give it to the other person [in a divorce situation]. But the way we looked at the law and the way I wrote it and it's actually been petitioned, it hasn't been petitioned up. So it stands. (57:11–57:22)

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Asserts that Social Security benefits cannot be transferred between individuals in a divorce.

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