Legal Opinion
Knapp v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided November 28, 1980No. 51168PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AMDAHL, Justice.
The defendant-judgment debtor Paul H. Johnson appeals from an order of the Ramsey County District Court, holding that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 1001-1381 (1976), does not preempt a state court’s power to garnish a beneficiary’s interest in a profit-sharing plan for the purpose of satisfying a judgment for unpaid child support. We affirm.
In 1972, the defendant was adjudicated the father of the child of the plaintiff Nancy Knapp, the judgment creditor in this case, and was ordered to pay plaintiff $75 per month for child support.…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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