Legal Opinion
Patton v. Denver Post Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 23, 2003No. 02-1040PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Eleven months after the death of Barbara Patton’s former husband William Todd Phipers, Ms. Patton sought a declaration in federal court that a state domestic relations order granting her survivor benefits in her former husband’s pension plan was a “qualified domestic relations order” (QDRO) under the Employee Re tirement Income Security Act (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1056(d)(3). The state court had entered the domestic relations order after Mr. Phipers’ death, but nunc pro tunc to the date of their divorce eleven years prior to his death, because it concerned benefits from a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Simms v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Louise Robichaud Samaroo v. Winston R. Samaroo, At&t Management Pension Plan v. Louise M. Robichaud, Louise M. Robichaud.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
- Beverly Jean Hogan v. Raytheon, Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2002
- Dickerson v. DickersonDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1992
- Patton v. Denver Post Corp.District Court, D. Colorado · 2002
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- Defazio v. Hollister, Inc.District Court, E.D. California · 2009
- Patricia Jones (formerly Akers) v. W. Va. Public Employees Retirement System, etc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2015
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