Beatrice Hinds Carland v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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• noting the address of a beneficiary’s attorneys is a sufficient substitute where the participant and beneficiary’s addresses are omitted
• applying de novo review to whether a DRO is a QDRO under ERISA
• QDRO exception will apply to exempt both pension and welfare benefit plans from ERISA preemption
• “Taken together, sections 1144(b)(7) and 1056(d)(3)(B)(i) of the statute exempt divorce decrees meeting the statutory requirements from ERISA preemption.”

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