RCW 41.50.710
Property division obligations—Remedies exclusive—Payment pursuant to court order defense against claims.
(1) The remedies provided in RCW 41.50.670 through 41.50.720 are the exclusive remedies enforceable against the department or the retirement systems listed in RCW 41.50.030 for the direct payment of retirement benefits to satisfy a property division obligation pursuant to a dissolution order. The department shall not be required to make payments to an obligee of benefits accruing prior to (a) thirty calendar days following service of the dissolution order on the department; or (b) benefit payments restrained under RCW 41.50.720.
(2) Whenever the department of retirement systems makes direct payments of property division to a spouse or ex spouse under RCW 41.50.670 to the extent expressly provided for in any court decree of dissolution or legal separation or in any court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to any court decree of dissolution or legal separation, it shall be a sufficient answer to any claim of a beneficiary against the department for the department to show that the payments were made pursuant to court decree.
[ 1991 c 365 § 17.]
NOTES:
Severability—1991 c 365: See note following RCW 41.50.500.
Structure 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.
41.50.020 - Department of retirement systems—Created—Director.
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.
41.50.060 - Delegation of powers, duties, and functions—Director's responsibilities.
41.50.065 - Accumulated service credit—Annual notification to members.
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.
41.50.112 - 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.
41.50.135 - 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.
41.50.145 - Plan 3—Loss of investment return due to error—Liability.
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.
41.50.215 - 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.
41.50.270 - Transmittal of total of public employees' retirement system members' deductions.
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.
41.50.540 - Mandatory assignment of retirement benefits—Notice to obligor.
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.
41.50.640 - 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.
41.50.720 - 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.
41.50.790 - 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.
41.50.810 - 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.