Comments on: Supreme Court: Divorce Decree not Good Enough to Prevent Distribution to Former Spouse http://currentemployment.net/2009/01/supreme-court-divorce-decree-not-good-enough-to-prevent-distribution-to-former-spouse/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:45:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anon http://currentemployment.net/2009/01/supreme-court-divorce-decree-not-good-enough-to-prevent-distribution-to-former-spouse/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Anon Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:48:02 +0000 http://currentemployment.net/?p=449#comment-320 "Although the divorce decree may have led him to believe that the beneficiary designation would be voided, the onus of determining proper beneficiaries cannot be put on the plan administrator." But that's the point - he's just a regular person. He doesn't know that something the judge signs that supposed to end his marriage won't end his marriage everywhere. I understand that the administrator can't worry about things he doesn't even know about, but the onus be on the lawyer or the judge to make sure that the decree gets acknowledged properly, instead of the guy who doesn't know anything about the law. “Although the divorce decree may have led him to believe that the beneficiary designation would be voided, the onus of determining proper beneficiaries cannot be put on the plan administrator.”

But that’s the point – he’s just a regular person. He doesn’t know that something the judge signs that supposed to end his marriage won’t end his marriage everywhere. I understand that the administrator can’t worry about things he doesn’t even know about, but the onus be on the lawyer or the judge to make sure that the decree gets acknowledged properly, instead of the guy who doesn’t know anything about the law.

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