Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024
Section 411-103-5 - Review of Orders1. The Chief Executive Officer shall review the order for compliance with the requirements imposed by 5 M.R.S. §17059 and this chapter. Upon completion of the review, The Chief Executive Officer shall notify the member or retiree and each alternate payee in writing of the determination of whether the order is or is not a qualified domestic relations order. For any order that is determined not to be a qualified domestic relations order, the notification must identify the provisions of 5 M.R.S. §17059 or this chapter that the order does not meet.2. During any period, not to exceed 18 months, in which a domestic relations order is under review to determine whether it in a qualified domestic relations order or a determination that an order is not qualified is on appeal to the Board or to court, the retirement system will, in the manner provided by 5 M.R.S. §17059, sub-§§ 7, 8, 9, and 10, identify and hold amounts that would have been paid to the alternate payee if the order had been determined to be a qualified domestic relations order and will pay those amounts during or after the period as therein provided.94-411 C.M.R. ch. 103, § 5