IndianaCourts could direct public pension payments in divorce cases
In a divorce case involving a public employees’ retirement fund member, a court could direct part or all of the member’s monthly benefits to the other party.
What it does
In a divorce case involving a public employees’ retirement fund member, a court could assign or garnish part or all of the member’s monthly benefits for another party.
Argument forA spouse awarded part of a pension might receive payments directly, which could make the court’s division easier to carry out.
Argument againstA member might receive less of each pension payment if a court assigns or garnishes part of it for the other party.
More detail
A court may order all or part of a member’s monthly benefits assigned to another party, or garnished and transferred to that party. This applies when a public employees’ retirement fund member is a party to a marriage dissolution case. The order must be made in a divorce decree. The board must pay the ordered amounts to the parties named in the order and in the proportions it sets. The board pays the ordered amounts when the member is entitled, or was entitled, to receive them.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jan 8First reading: referred to Committee on Employment, Labor and PensionsLatest
- Jan 8Authored by Representative GiaQuintaIntroduced
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