Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions
Section 5953.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary


Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a domestic relations order may provide for an irrevocable beneficiary. A domestic relations order requiring the nomination of an irrevocable beneficiary shall be deemed to be one that requires a member or participant to nominate an alternate payee as a beneficiary and that prohibits the removal or change of that beneficiary without approval of a court of competent jurisdiction, except by operation of law. Such a domestic relations order may be certified as an approved domestic relations order by the secretary of the board, or his designated representative, after the member or participant makes such nomination, in which case the irrevocable beneficiary so ordered by the court cannot be changed by the member or participant without approval by the court.
(Apr. 29, 1994, P.L.159, No.29, eff. 60 days; June 12, 2017, P.L.11, No.5, eff. imd.)

Cross References. Section 5953.2 is referred to in section 5812 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT

Chapter 59 - Administration, Funds, Accounts, General Provisions

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 5901 - The State Employees' Retirement Board

Section 5902 - Administrative duties of the board

Section 5903 - Duties of the board to advise and report to heads of departments, members and participants

Section 5904 - Duties of the board to report to the Public School Employees' Retirement Board

Section 5905 - Duties of the board regarding applications and elections of members and participants

Section 5905.1 - Installment payments of accumulated deductions

Section 5906 - Duties of heads of departments

Section 5907 - Rights and duties of State employees, members and participants

Section 5908 - Rights and duties of annuitants

Section 5909 - Stress test of system

Section 5931 - Management of fund and accounts

Section 5932 - State Employees' Retirement Fund

Section 5933 - Members' savings account

Section 5934 - State accumulation account

Section 5935 - Annuity reserve account

Section 5936 - State Police benefit account

Section 5937 - Enforcement officers' benefit account

Section 5938 - Supplemental annuity account

Section 5939 - Interest reserve account

Section 5940 - Northern Ireland-related investments

Section 5941 - Benefits completion plan

Section 5951 - State guarantee regarding the system

Section 5952 - State supervision

Section 5953 - Taxation, attachment and assignment of funds

Section 5953.1 - Approval of domestic relations orders

Section 5953.2 - Irrevocable beneficiary

Section 5953.3 - Irrevocable survivor annuitant

Section 5953.4 - Amendment of approved domestic relations orders

Section 5953.5 - Transfer of domestic relations orders against county pension plans

Section 5953.6 - Irrevocable successor payee

Section 5954 - Fraud and adjustment of errors

Section 5955 - Construction of part

Section 5955.1 - Construction of part with respect to older workers protection

Section 5955.2 - Construction of part with respect to the Internal Revenue Code

Section 5956 - Provisions severable

Section 5957 - Independent Fiscal Office study

Section 5958 - Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission