Critchell v. Critchell’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 1001 (§ 2 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1055 (§ 205 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1056 (§ 206 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) · 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (§ 514 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
Relies on Wright v. Wright · Pledger v. Medlock · Mansell v. Mansell · Insurance Co. of North America v. United States Department of Labor · Boggs v. Boggs
Most-quoted passages
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“means any judgment, decree, or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) which (I) relates to the provision of...marital property rights to a spouse [or] former spouse...of a participant, and (II) is made pursuant to a State domestic relations law (including a community property law).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“), as amended by the Retirement Equity Act of 1984 (”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. No. 04-2390
How this case has been treated — in progress
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