Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Section 3.12.9 provides that the Employer may elect to permit distributions to an alternate payee pursuant to the terms of a qualified domestic relations order even if the Participant continues to be employed. (Select one)
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. (a) In general. All rights and benefits, including elections, provided to a Participant in this Plan shall be subject to the rights afforded to any alternate payee under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. The Plan Administrator is authorized to and shall establish written procedures to effectuate the requirements for administering Qualified Domestic Relations Orders.
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, Custodian may, at the direction of the Employer or the TPA for the Plan, authorize an immediate distribution to any Alternate Payee named under a “qualified domestic relations order” as defined in Section 414(p) of the Code.
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Section 3.11.6 provides that the Employer may elect to permit distributions to an Alternate Payee pursuant to the terms of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order even if the Participant continues to be employed. ☐ a. Distributions to an Alternate Payee are not permitted while the Participant continues to be employed before the earliest possible retirement age pursuant to Code section 414(p). ☐ b. Distributions to an Alternate Payee are permitted while the Participant continues to be employed on or after the date a Domestic Relations Order is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order by the Plan Administrator.
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Section 19.01 shall also apply to the creation, assignment or recognition of a right to any benefit payable with respect to a Participant pursuant to a domestic relations order, unless such order is determined to be a Qualified Domestic Relations Order or any domestic relations order entered before January 1, 1986. A Qualified Domestic Relations Order may not require the Plan to provide any form of benefit not allowed under Article XI, may not increase benefits, and may not alter the payment of benefits under an existing Qualified Domestic Relations Order. In the case of any payment under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order before a Participant has separated from Service, such payment may be made at any time regardless of whether the Participant has attained his earliest retirement age (within the meaning of Section 414(p) of the Code); provided that (a) the Qualified Domestic Relations Order provides for or permits distribution at that time and (b) if the present value of the alternate payee’s benefit exceeds $5,000, the alternate payee consents to the distribution. Nothing in this Section gives a Participant a right to receive a distribution at a time not otherwise permitted under the Plan nor does it permit an alternate payee to receive a form of payment not permitted under the Plan. When a domestic relations order is received by the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall promptly notify the Participant and any alternate payee of the receipt of such order and the Plan’s procedures for determining if the order is a Qualified Domestic Relations Order and, within a reasonable time, the Plan Administrator shall determine if such order meets these requirements. The Plan Administrator shall notify the Participant, the alternate payee and any other person specified in the order as being entitled to payment of benefits under the order at the address specified in the order of its determination. An alternate payee may designate a representative for receipt of copies of such notices. Unless distributions were being currently made, no distributions of benefits shall occur while this determination is being made by the Plan Administrator. If distributions were occurring prior to receipt by the Plan Administrator of the order, a separate account shall be established to hold any further distributions until a final determination is made by the Plan Administrator. Upon receipt of a domestic relations order, the Plan Administrator shall review the order, inform the Trustee, ...
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. The Plan shall NOT accept qualified domestic relations orders as provided in Section 15.02 of the Plan.
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. Section 3.10.8 provides that the Employer may elect to permit distributions to an Alternate Payee pursuant to the terms of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order even if the Participant continues to be employed.
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. The Plan shall accept qualified domestic relations orders as provided in Section 13.02 of the Plan.
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. If a Qualified Domestic Relations Order requires the distribution of all or a part of a Participant’s benefits under the Plan to an alternate payee, the creation, recognition or assignment of the alternate payee’s right to the benefits shall not be considered an assignment or alienation of benefits under Section 13.5 or the provisions of ERISA. A Qualified Domestic Relations Order is any domestic relations order, judgment, decree, or order which creates or recognizes the existence of an alternate payees right to, or assigns an alternate payee’s right to receive all or a portion of the benefits payable to Participant from the Plan and which: