Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 41.50 - Department of Retirement Systems.
41.50.650 - Payments pursuant to court orders entered under prior law.

RCW 41.50.650
Payments pursuant to court orders entered under prior law.

(1) Notwithstanding RCW 2.10.180(1), 2.12.090(1), * 41.26.180(1), 41.32.052(1), 41.40.052(1), and 43.43.310(1) as those sections existed between July 1, 1987, and July 28, 1991, the department of retirement systems shall make direct payments of benefits to a spouse or ex spouse pursuant to court orders or decrees entered before July 1, 1987, that complied with all the requirements in RCW 2.10.180(1), 2.12.090(2), * 41.26.180(3), 41.32.052(3), 41.40.052(3), 43.43.310(2), and ** 41.04.310 through 41.04.330, as such requirements existed before July 1, 1987. The department shall be responsible for making direct payments only if the decree or court order expressly orders the department to make direct payments to the spouse or ex spouse and specifies a sum certain or percentage amount of the benefit payments to be made to the spouse or ex spouse.
(2) The department of retirement systems shall notify a spouse or ex spouse who, pursuant to a mandatory benefits assignment order entered between July 1, 1987, and July 28, 1991, is receiving benefits in satisfaction of a court-ordered property division, that he or she is entitled to receive direct payments of a court-ordered property division pursuant to RCW 41.50.670 if the dissolution order fully complies or is modified to fully comply with the requirements of RCW 41.50.670 through 41.50.720 and, as applicable, RCW 2.10.180, 2.12.090, * 41.26.180, 41.32.052, 41.40.052, 43.43.310, and 26.09.138. The department shall send notice in writing as soon as reasonably feasible but no later than ninety days after July 28, 1991. The department shall also send notice to the obligor member spouse.

[ 1991 c 365 § 12; 1987 c 326 § 16.]
NOTES:

Reviser's note: *(1) RCW 41.26.180 was recodified as RCW 41.26.053 pursuant to 1994 c 298 § 5.
**(2) RCW 41.04.310 through 41.04.330 were repealed by 1987 c 326 § 21, effective July 1, 1987.


Severability—1991 c 365: See note following RCW 41.50.500.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 41 - Public Employment, Civil Service, and Pensions

Chapter 41.50 - Department of Retirement Systems.

41.50.005 - Policy and intent.

41.50.010 - Definitions.

41.50.020 - Department of retirement systems—Created—Director.

41.50.030 - Transfer of powers, duties, and functions of certain systems, administrators, and committees to department of retirement systems.

41.50.033 - Crediting interest to retirement system accounts.

41.50.040 - Manner of selection and terms of transferred board members not affected.

41.50.050 - Powers, duties, and functions of director.

41.50.055 - Director of retirement systems to administer Washington law enforcement officers' and firefighters' retirement system—Duties.

41.50.060 - Delegation of powers, duties, and functions—Director's responsibilities.

41.50.065 - Accumulated service credit—Annual notification to members.

41.50.070 - Personnel.

41.50.075 - Funds established.

41.50.077 - State treasurer is custodian of funds.

41.50.080 - Investment of funds of various systems.

41.50.085 - Investments in accordance with established standards.

41.50.088 - Duties of director—Retirement investments.

41.50.090 - Department succeeds to and vested with transferred powers, duties, and functions—Boards to be kept informed—Approval of rules—Disability benefit applications.

41.50.110 - Expenses of administration paid from department of retirement systems expense fund—Administrative expense fee.

41.50.112 - Report of member data—Department-designed format.

41.50.120 - Payment of moneys due department by employers—Interest.

41.50.125 - Interest on contributions—Department may charge.

41.50.130 - Correction of retirement systems' records—Adjustment in payment of benefits—Limitations.

41.50.131 - Correction of errors in reporting compensation earnable.

41.50.132 - Correction of erroneous deduction or pickup of contributions.

41.50.133 - Recovery of certain overpayments to surviving beneficiaries under the teachers' retirement system.

41.50.135 - Collection of overpayments—Determination of liability—Administrative process created.

41.50.136 - Collection of overpayments—Issuance of warrant—Lien.

41.50.137 - Collection of overpayments—Department may issue subpoenas.

41.50.138 - Collection of overpayments—Waiver of overpayment.

41.50.139 - Retirement status reports—Overpayments—Employer obligations.

41.50.140 - Cooperation of employers in administration of systems—Employer contributions for retroactive service credit—Employee contributions paid by employer.

41.50.145 - Plan 3—Loss of investment return due to error—Liability.

41.50.150 - Retirement benefits based on excess compensation—Employer liable for extra retirement costs.

41.50.152 - Payment of excess compensation—Public notice requirements.

41.50.155 - Erroneous withdrawals of contributions—Restoration.

41.50.160 - Restoration of withdrawn contributions.

41.50.165 - Establishing, restoring service credit—Conditions.

41.50.170 - Notification of restoration rights.

41.50.175 - Adoption of rules.

41.50.180 - Inactive accounts—Identification, closing, and refund.

41.50.200 - Subdivision of retirement system funds.

41.50.205 - Records—Teachers' retirement system annual report.

41.50.210 - Medical director.

41.50.215 - Teachers' retirement system funds—Annual interest to be credited.

41.50.220 - Trustees, employees not to guarantee loans.

41.50.230 - Employer reports to department.

41.50.235 - Teachers' retirement system salary deductions.

41.50.240 - Duties of payroll officer.

41.50.255 - Payment of legal and medical expenses of retirement systems.

41.50.260 - Public employees' retirement system funds created.

41.50.265 - Public employees' retirement system funds—Report of the state treasurer—Members may receive reports and statements.

41.50.270 - Transmittal of total of public employees' retirement system members' deductions.

41.50.280 - Higher education retirement plan supplemental beneficiaries—Department assumption of responsibility for making benefit payments.

41.50.290 - Shared work programs—Effect of employer's participation.

41.50.500 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Definitions.

41.50.510 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Remedies—Applicability.

41.50.520 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Other remedies not limited.

41.50.530 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Proceeding to enforce spousal maintenance—Venue—Jurisdiction.

41.50.540 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Notice to obligor.

41.50.550 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Withdrawal of accumulated contributions—Notice to obligee—Payment to obligee.

41.50.560 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Petition for order.

41.50.570 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Issuance of order.

41.50.580 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Contents.

41.50.590 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Form.

41.50.600 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Duties of department.

41.50.610 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Answer—Form.

41.50.620 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Order—Service.

41.50.630 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Hearing to quash, modify, or terminate order.

41.50.640 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Award of costs to prevailing party.

41.50.650 - Payments pursuant to court orders entered under prior law.

41.50.660 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Rules.

41.50.670 - Property division obligations—Direct payments pursuant to court order.

41.50.680 - Property division obligations—Processing fee.

41.50.690 - Property division obligations—Obligee entitled to statement of obligor's retirement benefits—When.

41.50.700 - Property division obligations—Cessation upon death of obligee or obligor—Payment treated as deduction from member's periodic retirement payment.

41.50.710 - Property division obligations—Remedies exclusive—Payment pursuant to court order defense against claims.

41.50.720 - Payment of benefits—Restraining orders.

41.50.730 - Retirement or termination agreement payments—Effect on pension benefits calculation.

41.50.740 - Retirement or termination agreement payments—Opportunity to change payment options.

41.50.750 - Retirement or termination agreement payments—Overpayments not required to be repaid.

41.50.760 - Cost-of-living adjustments—Alternative calculation—Election.

41.50.770 - Deferred compensation plans.

41.50.780 - Deferred compensation principal and administrative accounts created—Participation in deferred compensation plans—Department's duties.

41.50.785 - Money-purchase retirement savings principal and administrative accounts created—Participation in money-purchase retirement savings plans—Department's duties.

41.50.790 - Survivor benefits—Dissolution orders.

41.50.800 - Apportionment of budgeted funds of affected agencies.

41.50.801 - Continuation of rules, pending business, contracts, investments, etc.

41.50.802 - Transfer of reports, documents, etc., property, funds, assets, appropriations, etc.

41.50.803 - Savings.

41.50.810 - Blind mailings to retirees—Restrictions.

41.50.901 - Effective date—1987 c 326.

41.50.902 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.