OPINION OF THE COURT

This appeal concerns the distribution of pension benefits pursuant to equitable distribution. The issue is whether in a deferred distribution of a defined benefit pension plan,1 the non-participant’s share is to be calculated on the amount the participant is to receive at some time after marital separation, or on the amount he would receive if he retired on the date of separation. The trial court held that the non-participant’s share was to be calculated at the time the non-participant chooses to begin receiving benefits.2 Superior Court reversed, holding that its decision in Berrington v. Berrington, 409 Pa.Super. 355, 598 A.2d 31 (1991) controls and requires that:

*421only that pension which is available on the date of separation is marital property and that enhanced benefits purchased by employer or employee contributions following separation are not marital property.

Katzenberger v. Katzenberger, 409 Pa.Super. 10, 14, 597 A.2d 636, 637 (1991). We granted allocatur.

Superior Court is correct in stating that the case is controlled by Berrington v. Berrington, 534 Pa. 393, 633 A.2d 589 (Pa. 1993), also decided this date. In that case, we affirmed Superior Court and held that:

in a deferred distribution of a defined benefit pension, the spouse not participating may not be awarded any portion of the participant-spouse’s retirement benefits which are based on post-separation salary increases, incentive awards or years of service. Any retirement benefits awarded to the non-participant spouse must be based only on the participant-spouse’s salary at the date of separation. However, should there be increases in retirement benefits payable to the employee spouse between the date of marital separation and the date the non-participant spouse begins receiving benefits which are not attributable to the efforts or contributions of the participant-spouse, any such increased benefits may be shared by the non-participant spouse based upon his or her proportionate share of the marital estate.

534 Pa. at 403, 633 A.2d at 594.

Accordingly, Superior Court is affirmed. The case is remanded to the trial court for entry of an opinion consistent with our holding in Berrington.

dissenting.

For the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion in the case of Berrington v. Berrington, 534 Pa. 393, 633 A.2d 589 (1992), I respectfully dissent.

dissenting.

I dissent for the reasons set forth in my dissenting opinion filed this day in the case of Berrington v. Berrington, 534 Pa. 393, 633 A.2d 589 (1993), and because the majority, in the matter sub judice, incorrectly concludes that the reasoning of Berrington justifies a similar holding herein, where the final pension benefits will not be based upon any contributions made by Mr. Katzenberger after the date of separation.