Caprathe v. Michigan Judges Retirement Board

I. NATURE OF THE CASE

Petitioner sought to transfer credits for six months of service as a Bay County public defender to the Judges’ Retirement System for use in calculating his retirement allowance under the Reciprocal Retirement Act (RRA), MCL 38.1101 et seq. Section 5 of the RRA provides that, except as provided in § 6, “credited service acquired in a governmental unit in which the member was previously employed shall not be used in determining the amount of his or her retirement allowance payable by the reciprocal retirement system from which he or she retires unless otherwise provided by…