Legal Opinion
Kingik v. State, Department of Administration, Division of Retirement & Benefits
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 2010No. S-13431PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHRISTEN, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
Caroline Kingik's husband, Morris Welch, was enrolled in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) from 1986 to 1999. Shortly before Welch's retirement, he selected a retirement option that did not include survivor benefits. Kingik consented to this election. Welch died in 2005, and the Division of Retirement and Benefits (the "Division") notified Kingik that she would no longer receive benefits from PERS. Kingik appealed to the superior court, arguing that the Division violated her due process rights and that her waiver of survivor benefits was…
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