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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 38.1709

  • Alternate payee: means a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant, who is named in an eligible domestic relations order. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Domestic relations order: means a judgment, decree, or order of a court made according to the domestic relations law of this state and relating to the provision of alimony payments, child support, or marital property rights to a spouse of a participant under a judgment of separate maintenance, or to a former spouse, child, or dependent of a participant. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • EDRO: means a domestic relations order that is considered an eligible domestic relations order under section 11 or that meets all of the following requirements:
    (i) The domestic relations order states the names and last known addresses of the participant and alternate payee. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Participant: means a member, deferred member, vested former member, deceased former member, or retirant under the retirement system. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  • Retirement system: means a public employee retirement system created and established by this state or any political subdivision of this state. See Michigan Laws 38.1702
  •      Each retirement system shall establish a reasonable procedure to determine if a domestic relations order is an EDRO under this act. The retirement system shall promptly notify the participant and alternate payee named in a domestic relations order that the retirement system has received the domestic relations order. The notice shall include a description of the procedure by which the retirement system determines if the domestic relations order is an EDRO under this act.