United States Sixth Circuit

The Retirement Equity Act(REA), which requires a participant in a pension plan to seek spousal consent to exclude a surviving spouse from pension benefits after the participant's death, does not apply when the participant retires before the enactment or effective date of the REA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2005
• Published 10/27/2005

Judges

• Before:  SILER and SUTTON, Circuit Judges;  SHARP, District Judge .

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ON BRIEF:  Paul Mancino, Jr., Mancino, Mancino & Mancino, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants.  Jeanne A. Griffin, Baker & Hostetler, Columbus, Ohio, John D. Parker, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, Benjamin G. Dusing, Baker & Hostetler, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellees.