Arnold v. Department of Retirement Systems

— Patricia Arnold challenges the constitutionality of RCW 41.26.030(6) and RCW 41.26.160, those portions of the Washington Law Enforcement Officers’ and Fire Fighters’ Retirement System (LEOFF) that preclude her, as the divorced spouse of a LEOFF member, from receiving a LEOFF death benefit when her ex-husband dies. We hold that the statutes in question do not deny Ms. Arnold procedural due process because she had the opportunity to seek consideration of the death benefit in her dissolution proceeding. We reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand the case to the trial court for…