Board of Trustees v. Alvarez

HALL, Judge.

The appellant, the Board of Trustees of the City Pension Fund for Firefighters and Police Officers in the city of Tampa, challenges the final order denying its motion to dissolve an income deduction order which directs it to deduct child support payments from the pension benefits of the former husband of the appellee, Linda Alvarez. The appellant argues that the city of Tampa’s pension funds for firemen and police officers are exempt from garnishment under the city’s pension contract, which was ratified by special act of the legislature, 74-613 Florida Statutes. We agree and…