Sihnhold v. Missouri State Employees' Retirement System

RICHARD B. TEITELMAN, Judge.

Robert Sihnhold served as an administrative law judge (ALJ) for eighteen years. He is a member of the state ALJ retirement plan administered by the Missouri State Employees’ Retirement System (MOSERS). When Mr. Sihnhold’s employment as an ALJ terminated in 1989, section 287.815 provided that an ALJ could begin receiving retirement benefits at the age of sixty-five. In 1999, section 287.815 was amended to reduce the age of eligibility for benefits to sixty-two. Mr. Sihnhold filed a declaratory judgment action against MOSERS alleging that he is entitled to retirement…