Legal Opinion
McPhee v. MAINE STATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 22, 2009No. Docket: Ken-08-316PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevy, J.
[¶ 1] This case presents a unique question of statutory construction: whether a statutory directive that the terms of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) be given their “plain meaning” means that a QDRO should be construed in a manner that is contrary to the meaning of the terms as defined in the statute that authorizes the qualification of the QDRO. Because we answer this question in the negative, we vacate the judgment of the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Ja-bar, J.), and reinstate a decision of the Board of Trustees of the Maine State Retirement System (MSRS) that the MSRS…
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