Winters v. Kutrip’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1056 (§ 206 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Stewart v. Thorpe Holding Co. Profit Sharing Plan · Nocito v. Lannuitti · Trustees of the Directors Guild of America-Producer Pension Benefits Plans, a Collectively Bargained, Joint-Trusteed Labor-Management Trust v. Suzanne R. Tise, an Individual, Cybele Tise-Myers, an Individual Chloe Tise-Myers, an Individual, and Yvonne Curry, an Individual, Trustees of the Directors Guild of America-Producer Pension Benefits Plans, a Collectively Bargained, Joint-Trusteed Labor-Management Trust v. Suzanne R. Tise, an Individual, Cybele Tise-Myers, an Individual Chloe Tise-Myers, an Individual, and Yvonne Curry, an Individual · Allied Erecting & Dismantling, Co. v. USX Corp.
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“In the case of any domestic relations order received by a plan (I) the plan administrator shall promptly notify the participant and each alternate payee of the receipt of such order and the plan’s procedures for determining the qualified status of domestic relations orders, and (II) within a reasonable period after receipt of such order, the plan administrator shall determine whether such order is a qualified domestic relations order and notify the participant and each alternate payee of such determination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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