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The Right To Pension Benefits Under Erisa When A Nonemployee Spouse Predeceases The Employee Spouse, Stacy Lynn Anderson Jul 1992

The Right To Pension Benefits Under Erisa When A Nonemployee Spouse Predeceases The Employee Spouse, Stacy Lynn Anderson

Washington Law Review

Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, retirement benefits cannot be assigned or alienated. In 1984, Congress enacted the Retirement Equity Act (REA) which allowed retirement benefits to be divided between former spouses upon divorce, under a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO). It is unclear whether the restriction on alienation of benefits extended to a transfer of the interests of a nonemployee spouse who predeceases the employee spouse, and if so, whether such a disposition is within the QDRO exception. In a two-to-one decision in Ablamis v. Roper, the Ninth Circuit held that the exception did not extend to such …


Regulating Public Pension Fund Investment: The Role Of Federal Legislation, Sharon Reece, Richard Morrissey, Mary Beth Navin Mar 1992

Regulating Public Pension Fund Investment: The Role Of Federal Legislation, Sharon Reece, Richard Morrissey, Mary Beth Navin

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

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Erisa And The Bankruptcy Code: Stepping Into Quicksand Or Something Else, Post Mackey, Maria A. Di Pippo, Gerald P. Wolf Jan 1992

Erisa And The Bankruptcy Code: Stepping Into Quicksand Or Something Else, Post Mackey, Maria A. Di Pippo, Gerald P. Wolf

Touro Law Review

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