9th Circuit Finds ‘Substantial Compliance’ With QDRO Specificity Requirement

( November 7, 2024, 1:06 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Affirming summary judgment in an interpleader suit over a life insurance policy worth $493,000, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said in an unpublished memorandum disposition that the lower court correctly held that a legal separation agreement (LSA) was a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act....