SB1083 Summary

• Amends Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 88-93.5 to clarify procedures for Hawaii domestic relations orders affecting Employees' Retirement System benefits in divorce cases.

• Expands grounds for obtaining retirement information to include certified copies of divorce decrees, in addition to complaints for divorce.

• Establishes that the system's review of proposed domestic relations orders is advisory only and does not constitute a formal determination of qualification.

• Adds two new provisions clarifying that payments to alternate payees count as benefits received by retirants and establishing that priority of multiple orders is determined by the order in which certified copies are received by the system.

• Applies to all domestic relations orders submitted on or after the effective date of the Act.