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MATTURRI v. BD. OF TRUSTEES OF JRS

802 A.2d 496 (2002)

173 N.J. 368

Dorothy MATTURRI, Phyllis Healy and the Surviving Children of the Honorable Joseph Healy, and the Retired Judges Association of New Jersey, Petitioners-Appellants, v. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JUDICIAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM, Respondent-Respondent.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided July 24, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Margulies argued the cause for appellants (Margulies, Wind, Herrington & Knopf, attorneys; Jack Jay Wind, Jersey City, on the briefs).

Carol Johnston, Deputy Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State House Commission, Board of Trustees of the Judicial Retirement System (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General of New Jersey, attorney; Patrick DeAlmeida, Deputy Attorney General, of counsel).

The opinion of the Court was delivered by PORITZ, C.J.

This appeal raises an issue of statutory construction affecting survivorship benefits under the Judicial Retirement System Act, N.J.S.A. 43:6A-1 to -47 (JRSA or Act). More specifically, the Court must decide whether such benefits are calculated once at the time a member of the retirement system dies, or rather, are adjusted periodically after a member's death to...

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