Court Opinion

ID: 9718932
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 07:38:12.822719+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:22:35.252144
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SCHREIBER, J.,
concurring.
Roger F. Eyers had received a pension based on approximately 38 years of service which ended about January, 1976. His misconduct occurred in 1974. If Eyers had retired immediately prior to that date he would have been entitled to a pension. He had the necessary creditable service and age at that time. I would hold that his pension had vested as of that date. See Makwinski v. State, 76 N.J. 87, 94-98 (1978) (Conford, P. J. A. D., concurring). Since Mrs. Eyers’ rights to survivorship bene*59fits were derivative, she is entitled to the benefits provided in N.J.S.A. 43:15A-50, as modified by the reduced benefits to which Roger F. Eyers was entitled. His creditable service ended in 1974 rather than in January, 1976. Accordingly, I would reverse and remand for recalculation of the benefits to be paid to the petitioner.