§ 959. Money not liable to attachment, garnishment, levy or seizure--Exception of qualified dom...
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 19. Counties and County Officers
19 Okl.St.Ann. § 959
§ 959. Money not liable to attachment, garnishment, levy or seizure--Exception of qualified domestic orders
A. Except as otherwise provided by this section, sums of money due or to become due to any employee or retired employee shall not be liable to attachment, garnishment, levy, or seizure in any manner under any legal or equitable process, whether such sums remain in the hands of the treasurer of the retirement system or of any official or agent of the Board of Trustees of any retirement system, or are in the course of transmission to the employee or retired employee entitled thereto, but shall inure wholly to the benefit of such employee or retired employee.
2. The term “qualified domestic order” means an order issued by a district court of this state, pursuant to the domestic relations laws of the State of Oklahoma, which relates to the provision of marital property rights to a spouse or former spouse of a member of a retirement system authorized by Section 951 et seq. of this title, or to the provision of support for a minor child or children, and which creates or recognizes the existence of the right of an alternate payee, or assigns to an alternate payee the right, to receive a portion of the benefits payable with respect to a member and amounts payable to a plan participant of any retirement system authorized by Section 951 et seq. of this title.
3. For purposes of the payment of marital property, to qualify as an alternate payee, a spouse or former spouse must have been married to the related member for a period of not less than thirty (30) continuous months immediately preceding the commencement of the proceedings from which the qualified domestic order issues.
c. does not require the payment of benefits to an alternate payee which are required to be paid to another alternate payee pursuant to another order previously determined to be a qualified domestic order or an order recognized by the retirement plan as a valid order prior to the effective date of this section.1
Credits
Laws 1963, c. 182, § 4, emerg. eff. June 10, 1963; Laws 1998, c. 198, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 1998.
Footnotes
O.S.L. 1998, c. 198, effective November 1, 1998.
19 Okl. St. Ann. § 959, OK ST T. 19 § 959
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 3 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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