Trustees of the Directors Guild of America-Producer Pension Benefits Plans v. Tise

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

This interpleader action requires us to interpret the scope of the Qualified Domestic Relations Order (“QDRO”) provisions of ERISA. Yvonne Curry, the designated beneficiary of Charles Myers’ ERISA pension plan, appeals the district court’s summary judgment distributing the bulk of Myers’ plan proceeds to the mother of his children, Suzanne Tise. The pension plan’s trustees, for their part, appeal the district court’s order awarding them $3,000 in attorneys’ fees for their expenses incurred as interpleader plaintiff. We affirm the district court in both respects,…