Saturday, April 5, 2008

First Circuit Court of Appeals Rules on QDROs

For analysis of a recent decision by the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs), see the recent post Boston ERISA Law Blog: Some Quirks About QDROs. The post mainly discusses the federal appellate court's recent ruling that the state probate courts, not just the federal courts, have jurisdiction to determine whether a particular order is a