Legal Opinion
Vilas v. Lyons
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided November 16, 1988No. Civ. PN-88-509PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
NIEMEYER, District Judge.
Edward T. Vilas, as an employee of Vitro Corporation, accumulated benefits in the Vitro Corporation Retirement Plan of over $600,000. In March of 1986, he elected to take an early retirement opportunity offered by Vitro Corporation and to withdraw his accumulated benefits in a lump sum. Since this required his wife’s consent, Mr. Vilas reached an agreement with his wife, Elizabeth K. Vilas, under which she agreed to release any spousal interest she had in these retirement benefits to permit Mr. Vi-las to withdraw these funds in a lump sum and ultimately to…
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