PENTINEN v. RET. SYS.


60 A.D.2d 366 (1978)

In the Matter of Martha Pentinen, Petitioner, v. New York State Employees' Retirement System et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

January 19, 1978


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne P. Smith for petitioner.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Winifred C. Stanley and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for respondents.

GREENBLOTT, J. P., KANE, MAIN and MIKOLL, JJ., concur.


HERLIHY, J.

The petitioner's husband was a retiree from State service, receiving benefits from the State Employees' Retirement System (system) when he died on July 30, 1974. The petitioner, as his designated beneficiary, then became eligible to receive her husband's accumulated reserve ($65,665.32) in a lump sum, or a "life" annuity paying monthly benefits with no payment to her survivors, or a "cash refund"...

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