RETIREMENT EQUITY ACT OF 1984

Retirement Equity Act of 1984.A federal law that requires private pension plans to comply

with the court-ordered division of a pension between spouses and permits the plan administrator to

pay all or part of a worker’s pensions and survivor benefits directly to a former spouse if the plan

has been served with a court order that meets the federal requirements for a qualified

domestic-relations order. 29 USCA § 1056(d)(3). See QUALIFIED DOMESTIC-RELATIONS

ORDER R. [Blacks Law 8^th]