In a Decision – Maurer v Maurer - (an "Unreported Decision") >>
the Court Held:
The Court declined to Vacate a Divorce Judgment and Marital Settlement Agreement where, after the fact, a litigant expressed a tax consequence to a distribution of retirement funds which was not equalized. The failure to calculate the after-tax value of the pensions was of no consequence. The parties negotiated an integrated agreement, and we will not now disturb it because plaintiff asserts a change in terms would be more fair.
The parties were married in 1989. The parties attempted to negotiate a settlement agreement from May through November 2014. On November 17, 2014, the case came before a matrimonial early settlement panel at the courthouse. After six hours of conferencing and negotiations, the parties and counsel signed a handwritten matrimonial settlement agreement, the MSA. , subsequent to the divorce hearing, his counsel realized the need for an adjustment for taxes regarding the value of the parties' retirement accounts.