No benefit payable at any time under the plan may be subject in any manner to alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, attachment, or encumbrance of any kind. An attempt to encumber a benefit in any way is void. A benefit is not subject in any manner to the debts or liabilities of a person to whom the benefit is payable. However, the board may make distributions pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order as defined in Internal Revenue Code § 414(p), if the board has notified the employee and any alternative payee of the order and has determined that the order is a qualified domestic relations order.
S.D. Admin. R. 20:16:17:33
General Authority: SDCL 3-12C-1647.
Law Implemented: SDCL 3-12C-1643, 3-12C-1644.