Parada v. Parada’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 26 U.S.C. § 414 (§ 1015 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Van Loan v. Van Loan · Johnson v. Johnson · Koelsch v. Koelsch · Arizona Downs v. Superior Court of Ariz. · Toth v. Toth
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Under the statute,] the employee may not designate a primary beneficiary. Instead, benefits are paid to his or her "surviving spouse," and thereafter to eligible children. Remaining amounts, if any, go to a residual or "refund" beneficiary that can be named by the employee. See A.R.S. § 38-846(B), (C), (E), and (F).... Survivors' benefits are paid only after the community has been terminated [by death]. The employee spouse cannot control who receives the payments and does not enjoy any part of them. The employee also may not transfer or devise his or her "share" of the asset The legislature has determined who must receive these benefits....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“beneficiary that can be named by the employee. See A.R.S. § 38-846(B), (C), (E), and (F).... Survivors' benefits are paid only after the community has been terminated [by death]. The employee spouse cannot control who receives the payments and does not enjoy any part of them. The employee also may not transfer or devise his or her”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a] member who meets the requirements for a normal pension and has twenty years of credited service shall receive a monthly amount which equals fifty per cent of the member's average monthly benefit compensation.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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