Kendrick v. Kendrick

LAWSON, Justice.

The question for decision is whether payments to a retired employee under a pension plan created by a contract between his employer and his labor union are subject to attachment by the retired employee’s former wife to pay a child support award, when the terms of the contract between the employer and the union provide:

“To the extent permitted by law, no assignment thereof or encumbrance of any kind of pension benefits will be permitted or recognized, and benefits shall not be subject to attachment or other legal process for debts of the pensioners.”

The trial court held in…