Legal Opinion
Weiand v. Board of Trustees of Kentucky Retirement Systems
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided August 24, 2000No. 1999-SC-0486-DGPublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSTONE, Justice.
Appellant, Linda Darleen Weiand, brought an action under the Declaratory Judgment Act, KRS 418.040, in which she challenged the refusal of the Kentucky Employee Retirement System (KERS) to allow her to receive benefits from her ex-husband’s retirement account upon his death. The trial court found for KERS and Weiand appealed. The Court of Appeals affirmed. We granted discretionary review and affirm both the Court of Appeals and the trial court.
Darleen married Steven Weiand on July 14, 1973. The couple was still married when Steven retired from the City of Louisville Police…
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