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2007 California Family Code Part 5. Retirement Plan Benefits
CA Codes (fam:2610)
FAMILY.CODESECTION 2610
2610. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the court shall make whatever orders are necessary or appropriate to ensure that each party receives the party's full community property share in any retirement plan, whether public or private, including all survivor and death benefits, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (1) Order the disposition of any retirement benefits payable upon or after the death of either party in a manner consistent with Section 2550. (2) Order a party to elect a survivor benefit annuity or other similar election for the benefit of the other party, as specified by the court, in any case in which a retirement plan provides for such an election, provided that no court shall order a retirement plan to provide increased benefits determined on the basis of actuarial value. (3) Upon the agreement of the nonemployee spouse, order the division of accumulated community property contributions and service credit as provided in the following or similar enactments: (A) Article 1.2 (commencing with Section 21215) of Chapter 9 of Part 3 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (B) Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 22650) of Part 13 of the Education Code. (C) Article 8.4 (commencing with Section 31685) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3 of the Government Code. (D) Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 75050) of Chapter 11 of Title 8 of the Government Code. (E) Chapter 15 (commencing with Section 27400) of Part 14 of the Education Code. (4) Order a retirement plan to make payments directly to a nonmember party of his or her community property interest in retirement benefits. (b) A court shall not make any order that requires a retirement plan to do either of the following: (1) Make payments in any manner that will result in an increase in the amount of benefits provided by the plan. (2) Make the payment of benefits to any party at any time before the member retires, except as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), unless the plan so provides. (c) This section shall not be applied retroactively to payments made by a retirement plan to any person who retired or died prior to January 1, 1987, or to payments made to any person who retired or died prior to June 1, 1988, for plans subject to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).
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