Sec. 5.
If an award or order described in section 4 requires a retirement system to withhold payment of a retirement benefit or requires the retirement system to make payment or requires the individual to request that the retirement system make payment of a retirement benefit for the purposes of meeting the member's or retirant's obligations to a spouse, former spouse, or child, the withholding or payment provisions of the award or order are effective only against amounts that become payable to the member or retirant, unless otherwise provided in an eligible domestic relations order under the eligible domestic relations order act, 1991 PA 46, MCL 38.1701 to 38.1711. The 1imitations contained in this section do not apply to the accumulated contributions of a person who terminates employment before acquiring a vested member status.
History: 2002, Act 100, Imd. Eff. Mar. 27, 2002
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 38 - Civil Service and Retirement
Act 100 of 2002 - Public Employee Retirement Benefit Protection Act (38.1681 - 38.1689)
Section 38.1681 - Short Title.
Section 38.1682 - Definitions.
Section 38.1683 - Rights Not Subject to Process of Law or Assignment.
Section 38.1684 - Rights Subject to Forfeiture and Domestic Relations Orders.
Section 38.1685 - Award or Order Requiring Withholding Payments; Limitations.
Section 38.1686 - Benefit Payments; Establishment of Arrangement and Fund.
Section 38.1687 - Retirement System and Benefits Subject to MCL 800.401 to 800.406.
Section 38.1688 - Loan Eligibility; Correcting Records and Recovering Overpayments.
Section 38.1689 - Notification of Disqualification From u.s. Internal Revenue Service.