Legal Opinion
Patton v. Denver Post Corp.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided January 3, 2002No. CIV.A.00-K-1860PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KANE, Senior District Judge.
This ERISA declaratory judgment action is before me on cross-motions for summary judgment. In a question of first impression in this circuit, Plaintiff seeks a declaration that a state domestic relations order granting her survivor benefits in her former husband’s pension plan, entered after the husband’s death but nunc pro tunc to the date of their divorce, was a “qualified domestic relations order” (QDRO) under ERISA § 306(d)(3), 29 U.S.C. § 1056(d)(3). Relying on the majority’s decision in Samaroo v. Samaroo, 193 F.3d 185 (3d…
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Patton v. Denver Post Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2003
- Torres v. TorresHawaii Supreme Court · 2003
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